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18/10/21 09:20 AM IST

Indian agriculture wins ‘Eco Oscars’ award

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An India-based entrepreneurie’s technology that recycles agricultural waste to create fuel was named among the winners of Prince William’s inaugural Earthshot Prize that honours people trying to save the planet.

Details of the award

  • Dubbed as the “Eco Oscars,” the prizes have been created by the Duke of Cambridge and renowned British naturalist David Attenborough.
  • Their aim is to provide assistance to and inspire innovative local solutions amid the growing climate crisis faced globally.
  • The technology reduced smoke emissions by 98 per cent, and calls for improving air quality.
  • It was among five other worldwide winners of the prize.
  • Each year for the next 10 years, the Earthshot will be awarding £1m each to five projects that are working to find solutions to the planet’s environmental problems.
  • Other winners included a land-based coral farm in the Bahamas to restore dying coral reefs, a green hydrogen technology developed to transform how homes and buildings are powered.
Issue resolved
  • Globally, we generate USD 120 billion of agricultural waste every year. What farmers cannot sell, they often burn, with catastrophic consequences for human health and the environment.
  • The burning of agricultural waste causes air pollution that in some areas has reduced life expectancy by a decade,” the ceremony noted in its reference to the award.
  • This plays out every year in the fields surrounding New Delhi. Smoke from man-made infernos fills the air, with serious consequences for the health of locals.
Source: Indian Express

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