Liquid gold: Farmers in Nepal find resourceful way to fertilize crops

By Smriti Mallapaty
Photos by Roxy Cruz
Environmental Health News
Dec. 17, 2012

SOTANG, Nepal – A two-day’s walk from the nearest road, over the hills and valleys below Mount Everest, farmer Budhiman Tamang loads a basket of cabbages to take to the weekly market. His cabbages are double the average local size, and since cabbages are sold by the kilo, they double his profit, too.

Roxy Cruz

Budhiman Tamang and his wife stand in their cabbage field.

Two years ago, Tamang couldn’t even grow enough cabbages to sell. But since then, he’s learned the magic of human urine.


Full article here:
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2012/urine-as-fertilizer

























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My favorite book on the subject:
Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow Plants
by Carol Steinfeld
http://www.liquidgoldbook.com/





JV








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