SIALKOT: A crop biomass cell has been set up in Punjab Agriculture Department for assessing the production of crops and evaluating biomass for generating electricity from alternative resources in the Punjab.
Sources in Agriculture Department told APP on Sunday that the basic concept of setting up the centre was to evaluate biomass from crops waste and to gather information of waste of important and small crops across the province.
The centre will coordinate with firms interested in generating electricity from biomass. Besides, centre will also focus on research for developing close coordination with national and international institutions having the skill of generating electricity from biomass.
The cell will also find out the ways and means for minimizing the wastage of crops as well as it will made viable recommendations for the protection and transportation of crops waste.
Punjab is producing over 50 million ton agriculture waste every year, out of which 6.44 million ton is sugarcane sediment which was being used by sugar industry for power generation. Special attention will be paid on evolving biomass management system and setting up crop waste processing plants in Punjab, sources disclosed.
