Project Village Farm

This miniaturization of perfection, I think, has a logic all its own, in spite of its implicit abandonment of large-scale transformations. Model villages, model cities, military colonies, show projects, and demonstration farms offer politicians, administrators, and specialists an opportunity to create a sharply defined experimental terrain in which the number of rogue variables and unknowns are minimized. If, of course, such experiments make it successfully from the pilot stage to general... 

Laboratory trials at HT Ropar were conducted and found to be successful. The products of pyrolysis— biochar and combustible gas—were collected and post-processed. The gas was (partially condensed) and successfully blended with diesel uncondensed gas and blended diesel was used to power an electrical generator set. Preliminary biochar trials demonstrated improvement in soil productivity. Field trials were then conducted with three villages in the Ropar District in one case generating electrical power for a previously unpowered school. The next phase of the project is now underway in partnership with Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana to provide wider exposure to the farming community and further validate the value of the outputs. 

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