Organic Universe

Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …

Manure magic

Farmers living in the upper reaches of Nepal have developed an ingenious way of maintaining soil fertility

Every cow-pat counts

Even the lowly cow-pat has ownership rules in rural India. But rights over dung, an important source of energy and soil fertilisation, vary from …

Efficient use of a scarce resource

Many organisations promote the use of fuel-efficient stoves for cooking, which is the biggest consumer of energy in India.

Biogas can solve nation's energy problems

Both government and voluntary agencies are helping to spread biogas technology, which can provide clean fuel and enriched manure as well as …

Hot cake

An odd commodity has hit the online market, making women in villages the prime beneficiaries

Dung magic

An investment of Rs 300 can bring electricity to every household in rural India. Humble cow dung can do this and more

The Bandipur-Brazil corridor

In Bandipur: dung sold at Rs 3,000 a lorry load.In Brazil: a ravaged coffee crop. Asks nitin sethi : what's the relation?

A first for large African mammals: DNA used to count Gabon’s endangered forest elephants

There are 95,110 forest elephants in Gabon according to analysis of DNA extracted from dung

Skyglow forces dung beetles in the city to abandon the Milky Way as their compass

Increasing urbanisation and the installation of new streetlights, security floodlights and outdoor ornamental lighting all contribute to growing …

Taking stock of Africa's livestock emissions

A new study on emissions contributed by cattle challenges the IPCC's estimates, triggering a call to incorporate data from local livestock systems

Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air

Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources

The logic of importing lowly dung

The waste of nations

There is a seamier aspect to the outsourcing boom: waste

Useful excreta

A Sri Lankan company uses elephant dung to make paper and profits

Poop-corn culture

The Inca empire thrived on innovations to boost maize production

Seeking the right symbol

Doting on dung

Kenyan ingenuity uses elephant dung for making paper

Blast from the ancient past

Biogas rediscovered

Innovative Vidarbha farmers make biogas plants viable.

Rice originated in India

Fresh evidence from dung of dinosaurs changes many conceptions

Falling prey

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Cool bug

Dung beetles keep methane from cattle in check

Smart farming

How to improve yield in organic farming