Biogas solution in India
A company in southern India has come up with a viable way for poor households to help themselves.
The locally-made biogas plant, filled with bacteria found in the stomachs of cows, silently and odorlessly converts food waste and into gas.
More than 20 thousand homes in Kerala have installed the hand made plant, and the money they save pays off the machine in less than 3 years.
Their home cooking, they say, tastes all the better for its green credentials.
Al Jazeera’s Tarek Bazley reports from Thiruvananthapuram, India, on a solution in India that got’s plenty of merit when it comes to powering homes in areas of the developing world often beset by power cuts.
Gazans battle tomato moths
Farmers in the Gaza Strip are battling an army of moths.
The insects are threatening the Palestinian territory’s tomato crop that earns the impoverished area more than $60 million a year.
The problem is so bad that the Israeli government has allowed traps to be especially brought into Gaza to capture as many as possible.
Al Jazeera’s Nicole Johnston reports from Gaza.
Iran indicates openness to UN-backed uranium processing plan
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has said that his government is ready to send the bulk of its low-enriched uranium abroad for processing in exchange for nuclear fuel rods.
In an interview with Iranian state television, he also said that Tehran has the capacity to enrich its own uranium if the shipped supply is not returned.
Last year Tehran in effect turned down the proposal to hand over its uranium supply in exchange for nuclear fuel.
The US says Iran should inform the International Atomic Energy Agency if it is ready to now take the deal.
Indonesia farmers fear China free trade fallout
A free trade deal between China and the Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) comes into affect this year.
The government Indonesia, which is part of Asean, says removing barriers and ensuring easy cross border trade will help grow the domestic economy.
But many workers are worried they will not be able to compete against a flood of Chinese products and Indonesian farmers, especially, worry that they will soon be out of jobs as consumers choose cheaper Chinese produce.
Thousands of workers have taken to the streets calling for parts of the trade pact to be delayed.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Cipanas in West Java.
