Call for measures to boost production
Karnal: Expressing concern over low cattle productivity and dairy production in the region, farm scientists from the SAARC countries have called for concrete steps to improve the production by sharing knowledge and experience to overcome common restraints.
The scientists, who have gathered here for the two-day consultation meeting on
Expansion of global demand for soy products and biofuel poses threats to food security and the environment. One environmental impact that has raised serious concerns is loss of Amazonian forest through indirect land use change (ILUC), whereby mechanized agriculture encroaches on existing pastures, displacing them to the frontier. This phenomenon has been hypothesized by many researchers and projected on the basis of simulation for the Amazonian forests of Brazil.
Kohima, May 16: The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 78.57 crore to the state to support 37 new rural infrastructure projects.
People from 35 coastal villages in Vasai, Thane district, began their long march to the Vidhan Bhavan on Sunday to press their long-standing demand for exclusion from the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation.
NEW DIETS for cows and sheep could reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, research funded by the department for environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) in United Kingdom shows.
UK scientists have introduced human genes into 300 cows to produce "human" milk that can help to boost the immune system of babies
Scientists have for the first time created genetically modified cattle that produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk, a breakthrough that they claim will boost the nutritional value of cow milk.
