Pusa Decomposer Subject – Agriculture Context – A year after first trying it, farmers warm up to Pusa decomposer, officials plan to ramp up use. Concept – Used to decompose paddy stubble after a harvest and prevent stubble burning, the decomposer was sprayed on around 30 acres of farmer Umesh Singh’s farmland in […]

Subject: Agriculture Context: The Indian Agriculture Research Institute has developed a microbial cocktail – Pusa Decomposer – that can turn crop residue into manure in 20-25 days. Concept : PUSA Decomposers: The decomposers are in the form of capsules made by extracting fungi strains that help the paddy straw to decompose at a much faster […]