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B.  B. Jana

B. B. Jana

Member of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi

Title: Human urine as organic alternative to chemical fertilizers: Positive feedback to poverty alleviation and safety of Mother Earth

Biography

Biography: B. B. Jana

Abstract

Human urine is not a waste but a resource out of place.   Average person voids around  2 liters of urine per day which is rich in nitrogen (15-19%), phosphorous, (2.5-5%) potassium (3.0-4.5%), carbon (11-17%) calcium (4.5- 6%) apart from some growth promoting agents  such as  amino acids, glucose and vitamins and immense medicinal properties that enabled  it perfect  for  urine therapy.  More than 2.4 billion people in the world of which nearly 60% of  the  Indian population do not have access to proper sanitation causing high risk numerous of  airborne and waterborne diseases when discharged into the sewer system or through open defecation.  On the other hand, there is vast  scope for  its profitable uses in various economic driven activities. As a result, eco-san has emerged as eco-friendly alternative to close the loop between sanitation and agriculture by the way of providing organic fertilizers in agriculture and aquaculture production.  Urine diversion toilet is particularly useful  for collection and to  create safe fertilizers that would  substitute  cost intensive synthetic chemical fertilizers and provide  food security, poverty and malnutrition  alleviation, and improve the trade balance of countries importing chemical fertilizers. Researchers  have shown  human urine as a safe fertilizer in organic farming for  the production of  tomato, barley, wheat, spinach, Ash gold, French bean, pole bean, pumpkin, banana, green Amaranth, cucumber, etc.