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Grassroots Technological Innovations Promotion and Start-up Prof Anil K Gupta National Innovation Foundation , Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Conference on Innovations in Agricultural mechanization – Development of linkage among R&D - Industry – Farmers

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Page 1: Grassroots Technological Innovations - GoI Technological Innovations.pdfTechnology National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF) Scouted more than 2,25,000, ideas, innovations, traditional

Grassroots Technological Innovations Promotion and Start-up

Prof Anil K Gupta National Innovation Foundation ,

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Conference on Innovations in Agricultural mechanization – Development of linkage among R&D - Industry – Farmers

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Honey Bee Network founded in 1987-1988 A nameless, faceless innovator or traditional knowledge holder comes into contact with the Network and gets an identity.

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Dimensions of Inclusion

–Spaces

–Sectors

–Seasons: stable to fluctuating

–Social segments

–Skills and knowledge

Inclusive Innovation

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1988-89

1997

2000

1993

Society for Research & Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies & Institutions (SRISTI)

Honey Bee Network

Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN)

National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

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Innovation

Investment

Enterprise

GOLDEN TRIANGLE for rewarding CREATIVITY

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Scouting and

Documentation

Dissemination & Social Diffusion

Value Addition

& Product Development

IPRs

Management

Functions

Enterprise

& Business Development

Information Technology

National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)

Scouted more than 2,25,000, ideas, innovations, traditional knowledge practices (not all unique, not all distinct) from over 585 districts of the country

Over 1000 projects supported for validation/ value addition 37 Community workshops/ micro incubator support in 19 states

193 projects supported under Micro Venture Innovation Fund Transferred 89 technologies to licensees

Filed 750 patent applications in the name of innovators/ knowledge holders in India, 8 in USA, 27 under PCT (37 granted in India and 4 in US) 27 applications under PPV&FR Act 16 Trademark and 14 Design registration applications

Page 8: Grassroots Technological Innovations - GoI Technological Innovations.pdfTechnology National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF) Scouted more than 2,25,000, ideas, innovations, traditional

Innovations in farm mechanization:

• Higher the variability in soil, crop, and climate conditions, greater is the need for granularity in Farm machinery

• At present, there is a big gap in the mechanical devices lacking feedback control systems: whether it is depth sensor for seed and fertilizer placement or moisture sensor induced actuators for drip/sprinkler irrigation. The very fact that in Haryana and Punjab, farmers are using low tech cycle based seeder to maintain depth shows the effect deeper seed placement has on tillering and thus the yield

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• The tools and techniques used by farm workers have remained much less

advanced. Manual tools/devices for sowing, inter-culture, picking of both

hybrid as well as rainfed cotton/bolls, harvesting need urgent upgradation.

Without improving productivity of workers, we cannot substantially

improve the wages and thus the income of the farm workers

• Those activities which involve women seem to have undergone much

slower technological transformation, be it manual transplantation of

paddy in a back-bending posture with feet in water; tea leaf plucking with

movement of hands against gravity and thus causing the pain and fatigue,

collection of deadwood and its carriage for household energy use,

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Hand Operated Water Lifting Device

• Consists of 2 pairs of chain and

sprocket (gear ratio 1:2), impeller pump and pipes.

• Discharge, irrigation capacity and delivery head of this device are 20-22,000 l/h, 0.03 ha/h and 0.5 m, respectively.

• It can be used for low head (upto 1 m) and high discharge application

• Can be used for transferring water from canal to field, from one field to other field

• Can also be used for draining out excess water from field

• By change of impeller can be used for drainage of wastes

Innovator : Mr. N Shakthimainthan, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu

Small but useful for increasing productivity of manpower, can be manufactured locally.

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Few Variations of

Bullet Santi / Handio

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Standards for promoting GRI

• Fifteen thousand Santis, handios,

sanedos in Saurashtra are “illegal”

though highly legitimate

• Testing and creating standards for

Farmers’ innovations:

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Need of ENCOURAGING usage of 2nd hand components:

Barriers in using reused components • Lack of standardization of reused components • Ensuring and warranting the performance of reused components • Lack of detailed knowledge of the product’s properties and in-use history

(this may be important, for example, if the component has been subject to fatigue loading)

• Quality assurance of reused products • Assured availability of supply, etc

• Clearing house

Promote Local artisan /Grassroots innovators

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ODH Facility (Loan against stocking of second hand components): Cost of machine can be kept low if components are purchased in bulk, however small fabricators can not afford the bulk purchase due to limited sell.

Workshops of Railways (400) should be made available to local fabricators for developing components of machines (Announced by

Ministry of Railway)

Provision of warehouses/clearing houses for sell of certified parts for

use by local fabricators

Encouraging development of small tools /manual machines (for farm

operations requiring high degree of control and low power inputs): It will increase productivity of manpower and reduce drudgery

Promote Local artisan /Grassroots innovators

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Examples of Successful Start-ups by Grassroots Innovators

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Groundnut Digger

• The groundnut digger dig out and uproots the groundnut plant. After passing over vibrating conveyor, clean groundnut is collected at the rear of machine or in the box attached at the rear of machine.

• It can be joined with any tractor having 35 HP and above.

• Using this machine, the cost comes to less than 50 percent of manual harvesting.

• This machine has field capacity of 1.5 Acre per hour.

Innovator : Shri Sanjay Kumar Tilwa, Rajkot, Gujarat

Turnover: Over Rs 40 Lakh

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• A whole stalk paddy thresher which can thresh moist/wet crop

• It has spike tooth cylinder and semi cylindrical concave. There are 8 spikes.

• The concave clearance can be adjusted by changing the length of each spike (between 0 and 35 mm)

• There is no sieve or shaker, the grains directly fall from the concave gap and cleaned by the blower just below the concave.

• It needs 5 hp power • Average feed rate : 600 kg/h (Paddy crop). The

machine can support feed rate upto 900 kg/h (mansuri variety grown in Assam). The corresponding grain output : 444 kg/h

• Threshing efficiency = 96.56%, Cleaning efficiency = 89.06%; Broken grain proportion, =0.632% , Spilled grain =0.283 %, Blown grain =0.359% and Unthreshed grain = 1.627%

Paddy Thresher

Innovator: Md. Faijul Hoque | Morigaon, Assam |

Turnover: Over Rs 45 Lakh

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Tree Climber

Innovator : Shri Venkat D.N, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

• By up and down movement of upper and lower frame one by one man can climb on tree. Upper frame is operated by hand and lower frame by leg.

• Simple and easy to climb trees, even by old age and women • Due to sitting arrangement the climber will not tire • Climber costing Rs 7000/-. • Over 1100 units sold in last seven years, including 25 climbers exported in

Australia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Dominica Republic, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri lanka, France, USA, Fiji

• 400 units sold in 2015-16.

Turnover: Rs 22 Lakh

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Multipurpose Processing Machine

Innovator: Shri Dharamveer Singh Kamboj | Yamuna Nagar, Haryana |

• Capable of processing various herbs

like juice and gel of aloe vera, juice of

amla, jamun, mango, tomato, orange,

etc. and extracting essence of flowers

and other herbs.

• Cylindrical vessel is surrounded by a

jacket of castor oil for uniform

distribution of heat

• Motor speed: 1440 rpm;

Rotor/centrifuge speed: 360 rpm

• Variants 130, 60 and 30 lph capacity

• Electricity consumption : 1-1.5

units/hour

• Over 200 machines sold in different

parts of the country, which have

provided livelihood opportunities to

over 1,500 families

Turnover: Rs 65 Lakh

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Modified Boiler

Innovator: Shri Subhash Ola| Alwar, Rajasthan|

• The modified boiler has a mechanism to recycle used steam so that steam (at 130°C), generated by boiling water in the boiler, returns to the boiler at a temperature of 90-100°C after transferring heat for the useful purpose.

• Due to the recycling of steam (wet steam) instead of allowing its condensation, fuel and water requirement has reduced drastically.

• The modified boilers have been installed in food processing industries (mawa making, jaggery making), textile, plywood, paper, leather and dye industries.

• Using this technology it is possible to save fuel and water consumption by up to 30 and 80 percent, respectively. Turnover: Over Rs One Crore

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Biomass Gasification System

Innovator : Shri Rai Singh Dahiya, Jaipur, Rajasthan

• Unique gasification unit and filtering mechanism. The downdraft gasifier is compact and surrounded by water jacket.

• Producer gas is cooled by water jacket/heat exchanger, cleaned by a grit filter and a baffle filter (having perforated and non perforated plates/baffles surrounded by local dry grass).

• Ideal fuel: Dry wood (3-5 mm diameter and upto 30 cm long), coconut shell and coconut husk (MC < 20% db) . Fuel requirement 1.4-1.6 kg wood/kW-h

• Maximum temperature inside gasifier: 500 °C

• Calorific value of producer gas: 1000-1050 kCal/m3, Composition: CO 21 %, H2 12%, CO2 15% ; Gasification Efficiency 60 -70 %, Thermal efficiency: 25%

• Available in capacity 5 -100 kVA, single and three phase - open and closed (sound proof design, having canopy) as per the requirement of customer.

• Over 300 units have been sold in different parts of country and Eight units have been exported to South Africa, Kenya, Germany, Italy and Singapore.

Turnover: Over Rs 70 Lakh in FY 2015-16

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Bicycle Hoe

• It is a multi-purpose farm implement fashioned out of inexpensive bicycle components.

• The main part of the implement consists of the front portion of a bicycle. A steel fork is connected to the axle and the other end carries different kinds of attachments. Separate attachments for weeding and tilling or a harrow are attached to the working end, using bolts and nuts.

• A person can weed 0.08 ha per hour.

• It is very easy to operate and is ideally suited to the needs of marginal farmers who cannot afford to maintain bullocks.

Innovator : Shri Gopal Malhari Bhinse, Jalgaon, Maharashtra

Small but useful for increasing productivity of manpower and can be manufactured locally.

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Sale of grassroots products across six continents

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Few More Challenges

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Creativity counts Knowledge matters Innovations transform

Incentives inspire ( not just individual, but also collective, not just material,

but also non-material)

Join the Honey Bee Network! For rewarding indigenous creativity and innovation www.techpedia.in, www.sristi.org, www.nif.org.in [email protected]