Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissionsFood giant Nestle has withdrawn from the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, a global initiative aimed at reducing methane emissions from dairy ...
09 Oct, 2025, 02.26 PM IST
Milky Mist Dairy files for Rs 2,035 crore IPO, targets expansion and debt reductionMilky Mist Dairy Food has filed for a ₹2,035 crore IPO, including a ₹1,785 crore fresh issue. Funds will be used for debt repayment, capaci...
21 Jul, 2025, 09.28 PM IST
Why is Jeff Bezos spending $9 million on a cow fart vaccine?Jeff Bezos has invested $9.4 million into developing a vaccine to reduce methane emissions from cow flatulence, a major source of climate c...
07 Feb, 2025, 11.30 PM IST
India's dairy sector emissions could be reduced with balanced diet, breed management: ReportAccording to the data published by the International Energy Agency earlier this year, India is the third largest emitter of methane. Studie...
19 Dec, 2024, 10.26 AM IST
Why Denmark is taxing the burps, poops, and farts of pigs and cowsDenmark introduces a groundbreaking tax on cow and pig emissions. The tax aims to reduce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Farmers will rec...
28 Nov, 2024, 12.27 PM IST
India’s milk will see significant evolution, rapid product innovation over 10 years: Akshali Shah, Parag Milk FoodsTechnological advancements and sustainable practices are helping dairy farmers globally adapt to the demands of a changing world, says Aksh...
23 Sep, 2024, 10.28 AM IST
Traditional waste processing methods are unsuitable for large citiesManoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) said that large cities have no option. "Million-plus cities have to g...
01 Dec, 2023, 10.18 PM IST
Rising livestock emissions undermine world’s climate fightThe climate footprint of the food industry accounts for nearly a third of global greenhouses gases. Livestock releases potent methane and m...
07 Nov, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
The next frontier in farming? The Ocean.Today, seaweed is attracting new money and has a become a hot new global commodity. It is also bringing new purpose in new places because o...
16 Mar, 2023, 10.02 AM IST
European Union seeks green standards, sustainable food systemsEU said a sustainable food system is "profitable throughout (economic sustainability); has broad-based benefits for society (social sustain...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.46 AM IST
These face masks for cows have nothing to do with CoronavirusAt the moment the company says its product cuts an individual cow’s daily emissions from burps by about a third, and Norris hopes to raise ...
22 Apr, 2020, 09.03 AM IST
PETA asks government to tax meat, other animal derived foodsPETA India, in a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, requested him to consider taxing meat and other animal derived foods to discourag...
05 Jan, 2018, 09.21 PM IST
Global warming: Time is running outIn the last year, global carbon dioxide emissions had increased by around 36 gigatonnes, and this level had remained roughly steady over th...
16 Nov, 2017, 12.30 AM IST
Giving up beef will be more beneficial to planet than driving carsCattle require on average 28 times more land and 11 times more irrigation water are responsible for releasing five times more greenhouse ga...
22 Jul, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
- Global intake of beef and lamb threatens UN’s climate target
Rising greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture particularly with global meat and dairy consumption increasing is threatening UN’s targe...
01 Apr, 2014, 06.35 AM IST
- Animals produce ecologically harmful methane gas: Research
The researchers of the department of animal husbandry and dairying, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) were able to trace more than 16 methanog...
15 Jul, 2013, 10.39 PM IST
Cattle burping can lead to global warmingThat cattle herd sitting in the middle of the road, contently chewing away as you honk, is not just traffic nuisance.
06 Oct, 2008, 05.41 AM IST