ICAR-CIFT, Heal Ponnurunni Society sign pact
Heal Ponnurunni Society, which has set a model in sustainable waste management, and the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (ICAR-CIFT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
ICAR-CIFT director George Ninan and Heal Ponnurunni Society president and Kochi Corporation councillor Dipin Dileep signed the MoU in the presence of Mayor M. Anilkumar. Mr. Ninan explained the technologies developed by ICAR-CIFT under the Swachhta Action Plan.
ICAR-CIFT has developed Bioboost, a bacterial consortium and compost, and Microboost, a consortium for waste management for environmental protection and ecological farming. As part of the agreement, these products were handed over to Heal Ponnurunni Society. ICAR-CIFT will assist the society in expanding its activities across more areas.
The Heal Ponnurunni Society's project of collecting waste from households and establishments and turning it into organic manure for farming has received widespread attention and won recognition at various national and local conclaves.
The manure being marketed by the brand name Heal Environment is sold for ₹30 per kilogram. The society also undertakes farming on vacant plots in the division based on an understanding with landowners. At present, farming is under way across 76 cents.
Crops thus cultivated are being sold through the society's Heal Harvest outlet near the Vytilla flyover. Residents in the division can contact the society for issues like waste movement through its call centre (Ph: 8139060345).
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