Appropriate Rural Technologies Institute.pptx
- 1. Fundamentals of Rural Development Presented by :- Bhumika Shetty(08) Debangshu Das(14) Topic :- Role of ICT in Rural Development
- 2. Appropriate Rural Technologies Institute (ARTI) Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) is an Indian non-governmental organization founded by a group of about 20 scientists and technologists to develop innovative and environmentally friendly rural technologies based on modern scientific knowledge in 1996.
- 3. The Inexpensive Household Fuel ● Technology need not be high-end, urban, expensive and designed for profit. It can also better and transform human lives and livelihoods in the hinterland. ● This is what the Appropriate Rural Technologies Institute (ARTI), based in Pune, has been quietly achieving through research initiatives over the last two decades. ● Converting post-harvest farm residue into fuel is one of the technologies the Ashden award-winning institute has pioneered. It involves burning sugarcane and crop stubble in a simple machine which is then compressed into char briquettes that serve as inexpensive household fuel.
- 4. How is technology working to turn sugarcane into fuel ? ● Ethanol from sugarcane yields 25% more energy than the amount used during the production process, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 12% compared to fossil fuels. ● The process of making ethanol from sugarcane starts when cane stalks are crushed to extract a sugar-rich cane juice. When cane stalks passed through extractor/expeller, cane juice is collected and delivered to a fermentation tank where the yeast fermentation reaction occurs to generate ethanol.
- 5. Take the case of Dhanashri and her husband. A homemaker from Phaltan, Satara district, the heart of Maharashtra’s sugarcane belt, she has been earning an income the last few years during the sugarcane planting season due to the training she underwent at ARTI. Along with their daily fam work, they have also made a living by producing this biofuels and selling them in the market.
- 6. ➢ ARTI compact biogas digester ● A biogas digestor uses natural anaerobic decomposition of organic matter under controlled conditions. The digestor is usually a large, sealed container for the organic matter eg manure from livestock or poultry, green waste from agriculture, sewage or food waste.
- 7. Biogas systems take wet organic material (feedstock) into an air- tight tank, where bacteria break down the material and release biogas – a mixture of methane with some carbon dioxide. A pipe takes the biogas to the kitchen, where it is used to cook with a biogas stove or for other purposes. ➢ How does it work? ➢ Benefits :- About 1700 biogas plants were in use in 2016, in both urban and rural households in Maharashtra. A few have been installed in other parts of India and elsewhere in the world.
- 8. ➢ Social benefits :- Indoor air pollution is reduced by cooking with biogas rather than wood or kerosene. This reduces respiratory and eye problems for those in the kitchen, most of whom are women. Cooking with gas from an ARTI biogas plant is easy and convenient.
- 9. Thank You! ✨