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Amazon signs $30 million deal to buy carbon credits from Indian rice farmersAmazon has signed a $30 million (around ₹280 crore) agreement with the Good Rice Alliance, backed by Bayer, Temasek’s GenZero and Shell, to...
Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Rich Garden Soil: Easy Composting Tips That Cut Your TrashAmericans discard significant food waste annually. Composting offers a simple, science-based solution to convert these scraps into valuable...
India eyes higher farm output this year, confident of supporting global food supply amid uncertainty: DARE Secy JatICAR is advancing conservation agriculture and climate-resilient wheat research, focusing on water-use efficiency, farmer incomes, and nutr...
E20 petrol now the main fuel in India from April 1. What this big shift means, and can your car handle ethanol-blended fuel?India has mandated E20 petrol, a blend of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol, across the nation from April 1, 2025. This initiative aims to reduce ...
India in top six for cropland emissions share: ReportIndia is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions from croplands. A new study reveals six countries, including India, are res...
Paris-based Mirova invests $30 million in Varaha’s regenerative agriculture projectFor Mirova, this is the largest carbon deal to date and the first in India. It will support Gurugram-headquartered Varaha’s Kheti soil carb...
Transformative agricultural technologies could accelerate sustainable development in Bihar, finds Cornell University studyThe Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) at Cornell University has found that Bihar can significantly reduce greenhou...
Govt forms 14th task force to explore use of biochar in steel productionIn March 2023, Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia approved the formation of 13 task forces to identify action points for each aspect...
Bayer, GenZero, and Shell India join hands to showcase scalability of methane emissions reduction in rice cultivationBayer, GenZero, and Shell Energy India are forming a partnership to create a scalable model for reducing methane emissions in rice cultivat...
China plans methane emission controls in key industries
There is scope to slash methane emissionsGlobally, 32% of anthropogenic methane emission is from livestock; but since the Indian diet is primarily plant-based, our emission reducti...
Australia rules out committing to methane reduction targetThe United States and the European Union pledged in September to the 30% methane reduction target. Minister for industry, energy and emissi...
PepsiCo pledges net-zero emissions by 2040“The severe impacts from climate change are worsening, and we must accelerate the urgent systemic changes needed to address it,” PepsiCo ch...
- 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...
Warsaw Climate Conference: No discussion on agriculture in ongoing sessionDeveloping nations feel that postponing has stymied efforts by industrialised countries to focus on emission reduction in agriculture.
Talks on climate change and agriculture shelved at the UN conferenceIndia, along with other developing countries has succeeded in ensuring that there is no discussion on agriculture.
- India: Equity formula must for green targets
India will not agree to any greenhouse gas emission reduction targets without an equitable regime, the government has decided.