Management and utilization of blogas plants slurry

It is estimated that about 1 million biogas plants are functional in our country and by 2000 A.D. this num ber will touch to 1.2 million. Biogas plants not only produce biogas for domestic, agricultural and industrial purposes, but they also discharge a considerable amount of digested liquid slurry, which has many nutri ents useful in agriculture, sericul ture, forage culture and animal husbandry. Profitable handling and utilization of biogas plant slurry is, therefore, a very important aspect attached to biogas technology. Since the wet slurry contains about 90 per cent water, its management becomes a difficult job. In order to meet the dearth of published literature on the idea of management of biogas slurry, this book has been prepared by synthesing the contributions of experts made to a national workshop held at Udaipur in 1987. This book will be of considerable help to the farmer, agricultural scientists, agri cultural engineers, administrators and planners of our country and abroad who are engaged in inte grated rural development.