Piyush Sohani Sistema.bio India Country Director Research suggests that the first biogas plant was built in India in 1859. However, it didn’t gain popularity in India until1973, almost a century later, when oil prices reached a new high. The government started to look at renewable energy technologies as an alternative energy source. Biogas technology was considered a good solution for
Brianda Suárez Graphic Designer The world is experiencing a wave of crucial transformations. Yet these impacts affect us all in a differentiated way according to many variables, including gender. This is where Ecofeminism comes in. Why speak about “feminism” and “ecology” in the same theory and practice? Is there really a relationship between the two? I remember that at the
Jordi Manzo Finance Manager Today, June 5th, 2021, we celebrate World Environment Day. This day in particular is a moment of reflection and awareness of the damaged state our planet is in, to understand that we are in a crisis and that we are far from being able to respond as we should, designing solutions in global policies or
PURNIMA JHA INDIA Communications Associate I remember being in Grade 4 when the teachers at my school started raising awareness about the environment in all our classes. We were told about the degradation of the environment across the planet because of the years of exploitation of resources by humans, deforestation, industrialization, among others. What could a bunch of fourth
Atul Mittal Business development director Today’s young dairy farmers are developing innovative ways to revolutionize the entire milk value chain. They are at the forefront of advancing cattle care, increasing crop yields, reducing waste, improving market access, developing novel technologies, and increasing sustainable farming practices across the country. These small and medium dairy farmers come from diverse backgrounds, with
Wilfrida Macharia Sistema.bio People Coordinator | Kenya It’s a Saturday and this is probably the sixth attempt at writing this article. Finally at 9:43am I got inspired and figured out what I wanted to write. Like most of us, I thought 2020 was going to be my year & the pressure of job searching was derailed when the pandemic
Piyush Sohani Sistema.bio India Country Director Changing perceptions about biogas technology in rural populations Sistema.bio works with smallholder farmers across more than 30 countries globally. We started our work in India in 2018 intending to create value from waste in the lives of farmers across the country. Within two years, we have impacted over 50,000 people across the country
Graham Day CFO The Conference Discovery | 2016 When you walk off the street into the Hyatt Regency in Merida, Mexico, a wave of gloriously cool air washes over your face. The marbled reception area is an immediate respite from the dusty humidity of the outside world. You cannot help yourself from simply stopping, taking a deep breath and
ELENA COLL EDITOR & COPYWRITER Over the past 15 months (perhaps even a little more), I’ve had the opportunity to work in not only women-led but all-female teams. Whether this was an unconscious decision or a lucky coincidence is still unclear to me, but one thing is for sure: my life has changed. This is not to say that
PURNIMA JHA INDIA Communications Associate Women compose the majority of the workforce in agriculture worldwide. In India, there are over 150 million farmers out of which, as per official numbers, only 60 million women are involved in agriculture. The number, in reality, would certainly be higher, as women in every farmer household in rural India participate in agriculture in
