Angling for profit
Fish farming offers bright commercial prospects for small scale farmers and a worthy pastime for amateurs. Here are a few tips for beginners, …
Hay days forever!
A simple procedure helps in the conversion of surplus fodder during the monsoons into hay, which can help overcome fodder shortage in the summer …
Clay ceilings
Burnt clay comes in as a handy material for constructing timberless roofs in rural housing projects in Wardha, Maharashtra
Tile tales
An innovative tile that could go a long way in reducing the cost of housing construction has been developed in the African country of Cote d'Ivoire
Reaching out
A project in Rajasthan involved rural communities to evolve better communication methods by integrating local talents and traditional methods for …
Making power
Villagers in Pathanpara, Kerala, are no longer dependent on the state electricity board. Today, they have their own power generation system
Seven-in-one
The highly laborious and time consuming process of sugarcane planting has been made simpler, thanks to a multiple-function device developed by …
Saved by a signal
Rescue operations in the high seas get a boost with the development of a new communication device
Papermaking at your doorstep
Although papermaking has traditionally been located in urban settings, technological innovations brought about by an NGO brings a new trade to …
A better alternative
Cheaper and more easy to operate models of solar devices have been developed and these can also be built by the people who use them
Waste not
Kitchen waste and aquatic weeds are the newest sources for biogas and manure. The days of cowdung are numbered
What needs to be done to give Africa's smallholder farmers access to machinery
Mechanisation of agricultural activity can help many African countries unlock underutilised agricultural potential. But there are serious …
Divine dwellings
An organisation set up by priests provides inexpensive bamboo houses to people living in slums and on the streets
Home remedy
A local remedy for controlling a parasitic disease works wonders for sheepbreeders in the Peruvian highlands
Weed energy
Electricity can be generated from a creeper plant, as an experiment in Madhya Pradesh has demonstrated
Green power
The seed of a humble tree may be a substitute for diesel and could hasten rural electrification
Rehabilitating land
Innovative technology and consolidation ofscattered land holdings has made agriculture profitable in UP
Shape of things to come
A novel method to convert plastic bags into new shapes could help minimise their adverse effects on our environment
Plagued plantations
Farmers in the Peruvian highlands learn that all's not well with their produce, land and health
Better biogas plants
Biogas plants need to be improved technologically before they become a success. Efforts are on
Better than the pest
A renewable energy alternative to pesticides is gaining popularity among farmers in south India
A multi-purpose plant
From providing cure for stomach ailments to being an antidote for poisoning , the Jatropha Curcas is priceless
Dung magic
An investment of Rs 300 can bring electricity to every household in rural India. Humble cow dung can do this and more
Where the water is
Engineers in Jaipur are developing a software that would help quench the thirst of parched villages
Kerala overlooks environmental aspects of proposed small hydropower plants
No information available on location of dams and whether the projects are in ecologically sensitive areas like the Western Ghats