Forests

'Global deforestation hotspot': 3m hectares of Australian forest to be lost in 15 years

Australia is in the midst of a full-blown land-clearing crisis.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Australia, Global, Land, Livestock, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity
Climate Change

Nigeria: Climate Change Behind Herdsmen Strife - Governor Bagudu

Birnin Kebbi — Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has said the global climate change as the main cause is the perennial deadly feuds between farmers and pastoralists.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Nigeria, Agriculture, Livestock, Farmers, Conflicts, Africa, Water Resources
Agriculture

The nitrogen balancing act: Tracking the environmental performance of food production

Farmers, food supply-chain entities, and policymakers need a simple but robust indicator to demonstrate progress toward reducing nitrogen pollution associated with food production. We show that nitrogen balance—the difference between nitrogen inputs and nitrogen outputs in an agricultural production system—is a robust measure of nitrogen losses that is simple to calculate, easily understood, and based on readily available farm data.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Eileen L McLellan, Kenneth G Cassman, Alison J Eagle & et al
BioScience
68
3
194-203
Tags:
Agriculture, Chemical Fertilisers, Agricultural Inputs, Green House Gases, Water Pollution, Land Pollution, United States Of America (US), Canada, N C America, Livestock
Agriculture

The State /UT Agricultural Produce & Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2018

An Act to provide for improved production and marketing of agricultural produce and/or livestock and/or its product through holistic contract farming and to facilitate the contracting parties to develop mutually beneficial and efficient contract farming system, and also promote services contract, by putting in place a friendly and effective inst

Publication Date: 
01/03/2018
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Tags:
Contract Farming, Livestock, Agriculture, India
Climate Change

The feasibility of low emissions development interventions for the East African livestock sector: Lessons from Kenya and Ethiopia

Improving the productivity of livestock production can have a significant impact on the emissions intensities of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from domestic animals in East Africa, and can help to address the challenges of meeting a growing demand for animal protein within the region.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2018
Polly Ericksen, Todd Crane
International Livestock Research Institute
Tags:
Green House Gases, Livestock, Kenya, Ethiopia, Africa, Carbon Intensity
Animal Care

One super vaccine for all goat, sheep diseases to reduce cost

Researchers are looking to develop a super vaccine against four diseases that affect small ruminants to reduce cost and ensure efficiency in their control.

Publication Date: 
29/01/2018
Star (Kenya)
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Vaccination, Goats, Sheep, Animal Diseases, Africa
Climate Change

Shri Gajendra Singh Sekhawat participate in the Agriculture Ministers Conference held in Berlin

Union Minister of State for Agriculture & FW, Shri Gajendra Singh Sekhawat led an Indian delegation comprising of Dr OP Chaudhury, Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying &amp

Publication Date: 
23/01/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Ministry Of Agriculture, WTO, FAO, Livestock, Climate Impacts
Wildlife

Maasai warriors prepare for revenge attack against lions

Residents of Empakasi village in Kitengela at the scene where six lions struck for a second time, killing 15 sheep and goats.

Publication Date: 
19/01/2018
Standard Media (Kenya)
Tags:
Wildlife, Lion, People - Animal Conflicts, Africa, Livestock, Kenya
Wildlife

Raj communities have high tolerance for wildlife: Study

New Delhi: Communities living near wildlife reserves in Rajasthan show a high tolerance for wildlife, comprising larger carnivores such as leopard and wolves.

Publication Date: 
18/01/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Wildlife, Rajasthan, People - Animal Conflicts, Livestock, Jaisamand SA, Kumbhalgarh SA
Land

‘Over 40 per cent of Africa’s land degraded by desertification’

The Chairman, House Committee on Environment and Habitat, Obinna Chidoka, has said over 40 per cent of Africa’s land resources, especially in the Sahara and Sahel are degraded due to desertificatio

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
Daily Trust (Nigeria)
Tags:
Land, Land Degradation, Africa, Desert Spread, Poverty, Agriculture, Livestock, Rainfall

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