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“I received much more cow dung than I required in my farmland. That’s when I started thinking of an alternative for not letting it go to waste.”, says P Ganesan, an organic farmer who has been making #artefacts for the past five years, using nothing but cow dung and cow urine. 
Hailing from Perungamanallur village in Madurai, 52-YO Ganesan has invented a unique and organic way of crafting handicrafts.
“I craft it by my hands. No machinery or mould is involved, and I don’t add ingredients other than cow dung and cow urine.
“I craft it by my hands. No machinery or mould is involved, and I don’t add ingredients other than cow dung and cow urine.
It is 100 per cent natural and eco-friendly.”
Currently, Ganesan makes over 150 different products, including utility and decorative items. A 6-foot tall Buddha statue made using 30 kg of #cowdung is one of their masterpieces created by him.
Currently, Ganesan makes over 150 different products, including utility and decorative items. A 6-foot tall Buddha statue made using 30 kg of #cowdung is one of their masterpieces created by him.
The woman rolling the lumps of fuel in #Bihar is making an astonishing contribution to the economy. One though, that will not figure in our #GDP. If the millions of households using #cowdung as a fuel switched over to fossil fuels, it would be a catastrophe. 1/4
India spends more foreign exchange on the import of petroleum and its products than on any other item. Dung is a vital organic fertiliser input used by millions in raising crops. It also works as an insect repellent and has many other uses. Cut it any way you like. 2/4
The women who collect dung in the country -- and it is ‘women’s work’ -- save India millions, maybe billions of dollars that we'd otherwise spend on petroleum, fertiliser, and insecticide imports each year. 3/4
The woman rolling the lumps of fuel in #Bihar is making an astonishing contribution to the economy. One though, that will not figure in our #GDP. If the millions of households using #cowdung as a fuel switched over to fossil fuels, it would be a catastrophe.
India spends more foreign exchange on the import of petroleum and its products than on any other item. Dung is a vital organic fertiliser input used by millions in raising crops. It also works as an insect repellent and has many other uses. Cut it any way you like.
The women who collect dung in the country -- and it is ‘women’s work’ -- save India millions, maybe billions of dollars that we'd otherwise spend on petroleum, fertiliser, and insecticide imports each year.
