Micro-enterprises in Agriculture
by M S Virdi
ISBN: 9789351301479
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 8995.00
Biblio : ix+244p.,figs.,tabls., 23 cm
Author Profile
M.S. Virdi former Director of CSIR Poly-technology Transfer Centre Bhopal, has served in various National Labs/ Institutions of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and made significant contribution in the field of Research Management, Technology transfer and Entrepreneurship Development and Rural Development. He was Instrumental in transfer of more than 150 technologies of CSIR in Industrial and Rural Sector.
About The Book
Identification of commercially viable technology is very <BR> important for the success of any enterprise. To catalyze the <BR> process of technology transfer, author of this book conducted more than 200 seminars, conferences, training and demonstration programs apart from regular counselling services. In this book effort has been made to select sustainable technologies developed by various Labs/ <BR> Institutions of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, <BR> reputed private Institutions and NGOs in the micro/small <BR> scale level which would be useful for the entrepreneur. The <BR> areas covered include promising agro based industries such as medicinal plants, sweeteners, food processing industries like gravy-mix, fruits and vegetables, Spirulina, Sugarcane beverage, energy devices like solar appliances, bio-diesel from jatropha, biomass gasifier, waste utilization like flyash, pollution control device like activated carbon mask, polymers, general technologies like Aloe-Vera, herbal <BR> phenyl, MCR tiles among others. The book is useful for the entrepreneurs, technology consultants and policy makers working in the field of Technology Development.
Table of Contents
Preface v <BR> AGRO BASED ENTERPRISES <BR> 1. Manufacture of n-Triacontanol: <BR> A Plant Growth Regulator 3 <BR> 2. Bio-fertilizers 6 <BR> 3. Vermicompost 9 <BR> 4. Tissue Culture Technology 17 <BR> 5. Papain from Papaya 25 <BR> 6. Processing of Medicinal Plants 31 <BR> 7. Herbal Sweeteners 37 <BR> FOOD PROCESSING <BR> 8. Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables 45 <BR> 9. Cryogrinding of Spices/Herbs 49 <BR> 10. Convenient Food–Gravy Mix 52 <BR> 11. Iodized Salt 54 <BR> 12. Energy Food 56 <BR> BAKERY <BR> 13. Biscuits 61 <BR> 14. Shelf-Stable and Ready-to-Eat Foods 64 <BR> 15. Dairy Industry 68 <BR> 16. Natural Vinegar Production 72 <BR> 17. Spirulina 80 <BR> 18. Sugarcane Juice–Beverage 87 <BR> 19. Edible Soybean Flour 92 <BR> 20. Improved Jaggery (Gur) Making 97 <BR> 21. Mini Rice Mill 102 <BR> ENERGY <BR> 22. Biomass Gasifier 111 <BR> 23. Low Cost Briquetted Fuel 116 <BR> 24. Solar Devices 124 <BR> 25. Purification of Water by Solar Energy 130 <BR> 26. Bio-diesel from Jatropha 135 <BR> WASTE UTILIZATION <BR> 27. Utilisation of Fly Ash 141 <BR> 28. Hand Made Paper 147 <BR> 29. Rice Husk Cement 155 <BR> 30. Lemon/Orange Peel Oil 160 <BR> 31. Caffeine from Tea Waste 162 <BR> 32. Rice Husk Ash Insulating Tiles 165 <BR> POLLUTION CONTROL <BR> 33. Activated Carbon Mask 169 <BR> 34. Lead from Battery Scrap 171 <BR> POLYMERS <BR> 35. Adhesives 175 <BR> 36. Plastic Industry 177 <BR> 37. Smart Cards 180 <BR> EMPLOYMENT GENERATING TECHNOLOGIES <BR> 38. Neem Oil 183 <BR> 39. Herbal Phenyl 185 <BR> 40. Rabbit Farming 188 <BR> 41. Micro-concrete Roofing Tiles 193 <BR> 42. Indigo Blue Dye 199 <BR> 43. Ferro-cement Water Tanks 203 <BR> 44. Lead-Acid Battery 208
