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
Food Policy

More people went hungry in Africa last year. But new initiatives also bore fruit

The number of people experiencing food insecurity in Africa rose from 220 million people to 224 million people this year.

Publication Date: 
02/01/2018
ENCA (South Africa)
Tags:
Food Security, Famine, Africa, FAO, Droughts, Livestock, Conflicts, Ethiopia, Farmers
Agriculture

Half‐century ammonia emissions from agricultural systems in southern Asia: Magnitude, spatiotemporal patterns, and implications for human health

Much concern has been raised about the increasing threat to air quality and human health due to ammonia (NH3) emissions from agricultural systems, which is associated with the enrichment of reactive nitrogen (N) in southern Asia (SA), home of more than 60% the world's population (i.e., the people of West, central, East, South, and Southeast Asia). Southern Asia consumed more than half of the global synthetic N fertilizer and was the dominant region for livestock waste production since 2004.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
R. T. Xu, S. F. Pan, J. Chen & et al
GeoHealth
2
1
40-53
Tags:
Agriculture, South Asia, Chemical Fertilisers, Animal Dung, Livestock, PM 2.5, Health Effects, China, India, Pakistan
Agriculture

Recognizing and rewarding farmers’ creativity through contests: experiences and insights from four African countries

This paper presents the experiences and outcomes of applying contests to elicit farmer-generated innovations and to reward outstanding farmer innovators in selected districts in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Zambia. The contests attracted 349 eligible entries, most of which were submitted by male innovators.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
Justice A. Tambo
Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Tags:
Farmers, Agriculture, Africa, Crops, Livestock, Water Management, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Innovation
Economy

Delhi statistical hand book 2017

In 2016, on an average 25 people died due to respiratory ailments were recorded every day, up from 16 deaths every day in 2013, shows data presented in the Delhi Statistical Handbook, 2017

Publication Date: 
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Directorate of Economics & Statistics
Tags:
Delhi, Statistics, Economy, GDP, Agriculture, Livestock, Industry, Energy, Electricity, Finance, Unemployment, Water Supply, Sewage
Agriculture

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

An Act to provide for improved production and marketing of agricultural produce, livestock and its product through holistic contract farming and to facilitate the contracting parties to develop mutually beneficial an efficient contract farming system by putting in place a friendly and effective institutional mechanism and conducive regulatory an

Publication Date: 
23/12/2017
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Tags:
Contract Farming, Livestock, Agriculture, India
Livestock

National action plan for egg & poultry-2022 for doubling farmers’ income by 2022

The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries (DADF) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, released “National Action Plans” focusing on various sub-sectors of India’s dynamic livestock industry.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2017
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Tags:
Poultry, Livestock, India
Agriculture

Crop ecology, cultivation and uses of cactus pear

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges the world must meet today and in the future. Prolonged droughts and desertification are among the issues faced by many countries, especially in Africa and Asia, where the rural poor and smallholders are most heavily affected.

Publication Date: 
30/11/2017
P. Inglese, C. Mondragon, C Nefzaoui & et al
FAO
Tags:
Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Climate Change, Wasteland Development, Fodder, Livestock, India, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Nutrition, Medicinal Plants
Climate Change

Nutritional and greenhouse gas impacts of removing animals from US agriculture

US agriculture was modeled to determine impacts of removing farmed animals on food supply adequacy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The modeled system without animals increased total food production (23%), altered foods available for domestic consumption, and decreased agricultural US GHGs (28%), but only reduced total US GHG by 2.6 percentage units. Compared with systems with animals, diets formulated for the US population in the plants-only systems had greater excess of dietary energy and resulted in a greater number of deficiencies in essential nutrients.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2017
Robin R. White, Mary Beth Hall
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
114
1-8
Tags:
Livestock, Agriculture, Green House Gases, Food Security, Nutrition, United States Of America (US), Animal Products, Exports, Climate Change, Climate Impacts

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