Designing Ecological Health

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We plan the entire design of SWAR + Inoculums + Moisture probe implemented with 20 farmers in high water-guzzling crops in areas with highly scarce groundwater. Each farm unit will cost Rs 25000 with Rs 5000 given by farmers. In India, agriculture inputs get high government subsidies while technology is new. The selected areas will be within 100 kilometers of BMS School as students implement, collect data, improvements, to obtain farmer and community feedback leading to offering a design-centric implementation playbook. At the end of the project, an event is held to influence the opinion of policymakers and the scientific community. We will do a scientific assessment of a project on water savings, soil biological health, reduction in the use of petrochemical fertilizers, and impact on soil carbon, humus, and nitrous oxide. In this effort, we will also take the help and guidance of the University of Iowa which has an agreement with CEC, and offer further improvements. CEC will help students and supply material inputs. CEC will train women to prepare Microbe Inoculums and oversee their quality. This product is sold to farmers and in urban areas to offer income opportunities as a viable business for wider trials, outreach, sales, and user assessment of this locally prepared innovation to offer immense value to soil health. We give a fillip to local soil microbes and not invasive alien ones that will permanently destroy the soil and cannot be reversed

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