EEI - organise a five day On Campus training programme on Waste Management in Agriculture and Allied Sectors for the development departments of Southern Region from 19th to 23rd December, 2023.

Agricultural development is usually accompanied by wastes from the irrational application of intensive farming methods and the overdue of chemicals in cultivation, remarkably affecting rural environments in particular and the global environment in general. Agricultural wastes are residues from the growing and processing. These residues are generated from a number of agricultural activities and they include cultivation, livestock production, sericulture and aquaculture etc. It is important that proper waste collection, storage, treatment, transfer, and utilization is essential for a healthy environment. These wastes when managed properly through the application of the knowledge of agricultural waste management systems that can be transformed into Renewable materials for human and agricultural use. An attempt has been made by Extension Education Institute, Hyderabad to organise a five day On Campus training programme on Waste Management in Agriculture and Allied Sectors for the development departments of Southern Region from 19th to 23rd December, 2023. Contents were covered in the programme – Waste Management in Agriculture and Allied Sectors – An Overview, Wealth from Waste, IFS – Resource Recycling, Bio-Energy from Agriculture Waste and Soil Conditioner from Water Hyacinth, Production of bio formulations using Agriculture waste, Waste Management for Organic Tomorrow: Experience Sharing, Current Best Practices followed by GHMC in Solid Waste Management, Role of Crop Residues in Organic Crop Production, Extension Strategies for promotion of waste management in agri and allied sectors, GoI Programmes and Schemes in Agri and Allied Sectors . Gender mainstreaming and Gender Budgeting. During field visit, visited Dairy waste recycling, veterinary college, Rajendranagar Visit to Waste Treatment Plant, Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad. During field visit, waste recycling and utilisation of the dairy farm waste as manure was demonstrated to the trainees. solid waste management and recycling was demonstrated as a part of waste treatment plant visit. During hands on training, presentations by the participants regarding different extension strategies for the promotion of waste management in agri and allied sectors. During inauguration, Dr. M. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Director EEI graced the inauguration of the training programme and mentioned that Agricultural waste management refers to all the coordination, handling, and controlling of the waste generated from agricultural activities. The primary goal is to prevent soil and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and health risks for humans and animals. Hence it is important for all the extension functionaries to undergo training in waste management concept. During valedictory, the valedictory programme organised on 23.12.2023 was chaired by Dr. M. Jagan Mohan Reddy, Director, EEI and in his valedictory address said that Traditional agricultural production is circular Virtually no waste is produced and this should be followed in the present scenario. Residues are returned to soil as compost; used as bedding material in livestock husbandry (and returned to soil as compost) or as feed to produce animal protein and manure; utilized as construction materials; or fuel for domestic energy. Circular agricultural production ensures soil conservation, waste reduction, residues reuse, and recycling. The ever rising global population, and demand for food and agro-industrial products, necessitated a transition to linear agricultural production which generates enormous quantities of agricultural residues, agro-industrial, and food wastes. The economic losses, environmental degradation, and health hazards resulting from poor management of excess wastes, and their mitigation have been the subject of research and policy efforts at continental and regional levels. Current waste management models redirect attention to circular agricultural production and bioeconomic approaches aimed at waste reduction, reuse, and recycling. Such approaches view agricultural wastes as raw materials with economic benefits for the farmer, consumer, and investor in varied industrial enterprises (crop and animal production, animal and human health, food, beverage, neutraceutical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and material industries). The training organised attempts to collate information on global production, and possible valorization of recyclable agro-industrial residues and food wastes. hence all are instructed to apply the learnt knowledge at field level and compliance report may be submitted to EEI,Hyderabad. A total of 17 trainees participated from Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil nadu state. The partcipants expressed that the entire training programme is very much useful for them as it has given the complete picture of the waste management . they also felt that the sessions like Bio – Energy from Agriculture Waste and Soil Conditioner from Water Hyacinth, Waste Management for Organic Tomorrow: Experience Sharing and Wealth from Waste were helpful for them to sensitise the farmers during their regular extension works at filed level in concerned states. The programme was coordinated by Dr.D. Shirisha, Asst. Professor, EEI, Hyderabad.