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not exploited by Indian farmers, being burnt in the field,
thus provoking significant environmental pollution and
wasting precious biomass resources. The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI), the Indian partner of Biocore,
will investigate feedstock provision potential at regional
level and availability requirements, providing cost-supply
curves for different scenarios in Punjab and Haryana.
Evaluation of agronomical and environmental impacts and
benefits related to the use of rice straw will be studied. As
well as contributing to benchmarking studies and supply
chain modeling, TERI will be active in the definition of the
settings for a comprehensive sustainability assessment
that will take into account social, legal and political
factors, key points that will ultimately determine public
acceptability and market diffusion of new technologies.
To probe some of these aspects, a meeting was held in
India in November 2011, at which Indian stakeholders
(including policymakers, farmers and NGOs) and Biocore
partners discussed biorefinery and exchanged views on
the opportunities and hurdles that would characterize the
implementation of a next generation biorefinery plan in
India.
bioplastics MAGAZINE will watch the development and
keep the readers updated.
Michael Carus of nova-Institute during the meeting in
India, Nov. 2011 (photo: courtesy Michael Carus)
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