Animal Care

Unpacking a poultry myth

Local vs Exotic poultry ("Improved" poultry breeds do not always improve farmers

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Mamta Dhawan, Lucy Maarse, Ugo Pica-Ciamarra
Farming Matters
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Tags:
Animal Breeding, Livestock, Poultry, Animal Products, Poverty, NGO, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
Animal Care

Rajasthan state livestock development policy

The objectives of this policy are: To enhance animal protein availability to fulfill the nutritional requirement; To ensure equitable, sustainable and balanced development of the sector; To provide an enabling environment for the growth & development of the livestock sector by providing quality services and inputs; To promote proper and efficient utilization of livestock, livestock draught power

Publication Date: 
28/02/2010
Government of Rajasthan
Tags:
Livestock, Rajasthan, Development, Grazing Lands, Animal Products, Fodder, Animal Care
Animal Care

Indigenous breeds are always profitable than cross breeds

Livestock is a very important component for profitable farming as most of the agricultural by-products can be used to feed them converting them into manure immediately. Other economical gains are in the form of wool, milk, egg, meat and skin. In India, very good draught animals like bullocks and he
buffaloes can be freely obtained for cultivation.

Publication Date: 
28/02/2010
Narayana Reddy
Leisa India
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1
32
Tags:
Animal Breeding, Animal Care, Livestock, Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Animal Products, Milk, Traditional Knowledge, Cattle, India, Animal Feed
Animal Care

Indias 1st dedicated milk train to chug from Amul

VADODARA: In a first of its kind, Gujarat

Publication Date: 
25/02/2010
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Animal Products, Dairy Development, Milk, Rail Transport, Gujarat, Vadodara (D)
Animal Care

Camel milk healthy: Pathak

Scientific research on camel milk has established beyond doubt that it is a nutritional food and beneficial for human health, especially for patients suffering from tuberculosis, arthritis and diabetes.

Publication Date: 
25/02/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Camel, Animal Products, Dairy Development, Milk, Health Effects, Health, Haryana, Karnal (D)
Agriculture

Smart investments in sustainable food production: Revisiting mixed crop-livestock system

Farmers in mixed crop-livestock systems produce about half of the world

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
M. Herrero, P. K. Thornton, A. M. Notenbaert & et al
Science
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5967
822
Tags:
Food Security, Agriculture, Livestock, Crop Residues, Animal Dung, Animal Products, Poverty
Agriculture

Could less meat mean more food?

Here's a simple idea you may have heard for improving food security: Eat less meat. The logic goes like this. People in the developed world eat a huge amount of animal protein. And consumption of meat, eggs, and milk is already growing globally as people in poorer nations get richer and shift their diets.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
Erik Stokstad
Science
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5967
810
Tags:
Food Security, Animal Products, Food Supply, Livestock, Consumption Patterns, Animal Feed, Malnutrition, Agriculture
Animal Care

Rising milk prices may fuel India inflation Citigroup

Mumbai: Rising prices of milk and dairy products are a potential pressure point for food inflation, Citigroup said in a recent note.

Government data on wholesale price inflation pegs the annual jump in milk and dairy at 13.4% in December from 6-7% in the previous year and the 7% increase in milk prices last week could aggravate the situation further, it added.

Publication Date: 
09/02/2010
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Animal Products, Dairy Development, Milk, Food Prices, Maharashtra, Mumbai
Animal Care

For farmers, this biz is full of meat

INDIA

Publication Date: 
05/02/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Animal Care, Animal Products, Milk, Farmers, India
Wildlife

Man held with banned shells

NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old man has been arrested on charges of dealing in rare sea shells banned under the Wildlife Protection Act. More than 20,000 shells, including conch shells of 12 different endangered and rare species, have allegedly been seized.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Animal Products, Wildlife, Wildlife Act 1972, Wildlife Trade, Delhi

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