Scope and limitations of BHUVAN JAIVOORJA
Scope:
-- It is a demonstration of the geospatial technology towards assessment of biomass availability from crop residues.
-- Biomass maps may be used by the officials / policymakers of the concerned departments and industry developers to assess the
availability of crop residues over an area
-- It helps mainly in identification of prospective area / zone for setting up industries.
-- It provides the amount and type of crop residues (rice wheat, cotton and sugarcane) over an area to tailored made the biofuel plants.
-- It also provides geospatial information on wasteland / water bodies / fallow for industry use.
-- It also provides major road network, railways and petrol pump location to support the logistics.
Limitations:
-- The district level crop production statistics pertain to 2010-2016 were used to calculate biomass potential for the selected four crops.
-- The potential crop maps were prepared using the multi-temporal satellite data of 2013-16.
-- Crop maps were generated over the major growing districts of India.
-- Biomass was converted to bioenergy using recommended calorific value of the respective crop.