Official negligence turns a dry spell into a famine

following an outbreak of the foot-

In a bid to protect its beef exportsthe Argentine government concealed an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease for monthsaccording to media reports. This disclosure was followed by an immediate ban

The foot-and-mouth disease

The women of Rameda and Ravatwada villages of Sabarkantha district, Gujarat, developed a rainwater harvesting technique in the 1950s. They made a stone bund (nullah plug) and filled earth in the

The food and mouth disease spreads panic across the world and raises several questions about livestock culling

Agricultural authorities of South Africa have recently reported a new

Over grazing is leading to the degradation of pasture lands

in the last ten years, exotic diseases affecting the livestock have led to a loss of Rs 500 crore. This was stated by the Union agriculture minister, Nitish Kumar. The diseases - 39 listed so far -

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery, as is happening in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Because India s rural economy is built around livestock, which ca

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