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ABOUT THE BOOK

India is on the brink of a massive waste disposal crisis, but solutions are not forthcoming. However, every individual is a generator of one or more kinds of waste and hence responsible for waste disposal problem. The generation of waste is one issue, the type of waste generated is another and yet the management and disposal of the generated waste is quite a different issue. In the last two decades, the amount of solid waste generated in India has been increasing at an alarming rate. The huge amount of discarded fabric generated mostly by textile mills, manufacturing units, boutique, tailor’s shop and household sectors. Considerable amount of discarded fabric is dumped in open areas and incinerated after removing small percentage for recycling and reuse. This accumulation of discarded fabric from all over the country causes certain serious environmental problems and health hazards.

Keeping this in view, the present research was conducted in Udaipur city in the phased manner: Phase-I (Survey): 20 tailor shops / boutiques were selected and questionnaire was designed to find out and collect type of discarded fabric available. Discarded biodegradable fabrics i.e. cotton and silk, available in high amount at tailor shops / boutiques and used for development of bio-fertilizer. Under phase- II (Experimentation): Six treatments (T1C1, T2C2, T3C3, T4S1, T5S2 and T6S3) were taken to standardize decomposing technique for selected discarded fabrics and evaluation of the physico-chemical quality of developed bio-fertilizer. Under this, significantly higher nutrient content and high rating score obtained in standardized cotton bio-fertilizer T3C3 (1:10, discarded cotton fabric: cow dung) and silk bio-fertilizer T5S2 (1:20, discarded silk fabric: cow dung). Eight treatments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, and T8) were taken to study the efficacy of developed bio-fertilizer on plant growth. T3C3 and T5S2 bio-fertilizer application gave highest growth of marigold plant and the lowest growth was achieved in control and while slightly lower in Farm Yard Manure (FYM) treatment. Hence, it can be concluded that ornamental plants grown using the bio-fertilizer made from discarded cotton and silk fabric had very good growth rate. Rural women gain good knowledge about developed bio-fertilizer technology.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr Jaymala Dave obtained her B.Sc (Honours) degree with specialization in Textile and Apparel Designing, College of Home Science, MPUAT, Udaipur. For Exploring more about Textile and Apparel field, she did M.Sc and Ph.D in Textile and Apparel Designing from College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur. Currently she is working as Technical Assistant (Home Science) in College of Community and Applied Sciences, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan. She has been bestowed with “Appreciation Award” by the University for her outstanding services in the year 2018. She has developed many manuals, compendiums, books, videos and documentaries for students and rural women in the area of Textile and Apparel Designing, Home Science and Agriculture. Besides income generating sources for the farm families to help them to learn how to make the best use of all the available resources and homestead technologies. Her other publications include research papers published in international and national level journals. She has also enhanced her knowledge and skill in the latest textile Technologies. Attended national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, trainings, webinars and presented paper in it. She has Membership of various Scientific and Professional Societies. She has coordinated and organized several workshops/ trainings. She is gold medalist in B.Ed (Home Science) from, Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur.