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HomeBiogas signed an agreement with SKG Sangha to implement a large-scale carbon project in India
HomeBiogas , the company developing biogas systems enabling households and businesses to convert their organic waste into clean energy on-site , announced an agreement with SKG Sangha , a non-profit organization working in the energy , sustainable farming , waste management and climate change fields . SKG Sangha and HomeBiogas will install over 7,000 HomeBiogas systems with dairy farmers in Satara , Maharashtra State in India starting from Q1 , 2024 . The systems are expected to generate more than 500,000 carbon credits in the next decade .
HomeBiogas has already successfully sold a portion of those credits , with plans to continue selling the remainder to organizations who are interested in lowering their carbon emissions . HomeBiogas develops biogas systems enabling households , businesses , farms , schools , and more to convert their organic waste into clean energy for cooking or heating , on-site . HomeBiogas uses anaerobic digestion to convert these organic materials into energy for cooking or hot water and into organic bio-fertilizer .
Krishi 24 / 7 , the first-ever AIpowered solution for automated agri news monitoring & analysis
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in collaboration with Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence ( Wadhwani AI ) developed Krishi 24 / 7 , the first-ever AI-powered solution for automated agricultural news monitoring and analysis , with support from Google . org . Krishi 24 / 7 will aid in identifying relevant news , generate timely alerts , and take prompt action to protect farmers ’ interests and promote sustainable agricultural growth through improved decisionmaking . The introduction of Krishi
24 / 7 addresses the need for an efficient mechanism to identify and manage agricultural news articles of interest to aid timely decision-making . The tool scans news articles in multiple languages and translates them into English . It extracts essential information from news articles , such as headline , crop name , event type , date , location , severity , summary , and source link , ensuring that the ministry receives timely updates on relevant events published on the web .
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BioVoiceNews | January / February 2024