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
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...
11 Jun, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
Cut aid for livestock farms to help climate fight, World Bank saysEnsuring that environmental and health costs are fully priced into emissions-intensive foods made from animals would curb consumer demand f...
07 May, 2024, 09.40 AM IST
Cow burps, food waste to take spotlight at COP28 agriculture dayClimate advocacy groups are pushing world governments at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai to commit to cutting global food sector emis...
02 Dec, 2023, 11.13 AM 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
Climate Change: Bill Gates to invest in startup that aims to reduce methane emissions from cow burpsRumin8, an Australian startup, is developing a dietary supplement that inhibits methane production by using red seaweed as a source of synt...
24 Jan, 2023, 08.53 PM IST
How technology can decrease carbon footprint in agricultureAgriculture accounts for close to 80% of total nitrous oxide emissions, mainly generated from the application of synthetic nitrogen fertili...
04 Jun, 2022, 11.06 AM IST
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...
12 Nov, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
Fears for farming and trade stopped India signing COP26 forest, methane pledgesAt the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders on Tuesday pledged to stop deforestation by the end of the decad...
04 Nov, 2021, 12.20 PM IST
What is the science behind the moo-ve from cattle methane emissions?Scientists have worked for years to reduce methane emissions from cattle burps by changing what cattle eat, or through research on vaccines...
18 Sep, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
Without urgent action, climate change will push millions into hunger - U.N.Small farmers who produce the bulk of food in developing countries are some of the most vulnerable to changes in climate and need help adap...
17 Oct, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
Livestock causes 15% of all emissions worldwide: ScientistsMeat consumption has zoomed up from 70 million tons in 1961 to 278 million tons in 2009 a 300% increase in 50 years.
16 Dec, 2015, 12.10 PM IST
- Livestock causes 15% of all emissions worldwide: Scientists
One way of cutting emissions would be to reduce this meat consumption. Perhaps a beginning could be made by having a few days on which peop...
16 Dec, 2015, 06.53 AM IST
Beef eating bad for environment: ExpertsReligious taboos are one aspect but there is also a very strong environmental angle for not eating beef.
11 Oct, 2015, 09.15 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
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