Animal Care

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding decline in the population of indigenous breeds of cows and livestock in India, 23/05/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashwini Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 23/05/2017 regarding National Policy in regard to protection of indigenous species of cows and livestock to be protected as in some of the States, the said species are diminishing at a very rapid speed. For instance in Kerala, it is 79.9% loss of the indigenous species in just over the period of one decade.

Judgement Date: 
23/05/2017
Tags:
Livestock, Cattle, Endangered Species, India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Animal Care, Ministry Of Agriculture, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Agriculture

Farm ministry will promote all notified crops; GM or not: Radha Mohan Singh

Centre to operationalise Rs 5,000 crore fund for micro irrigation in NABARD

Publication Date: 
23/05/2017
Sanjeeb Mukherjee
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
GM Crops, Oilseeds, Ministry Of Agriculture, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD), Farmers, Livestock, Agriculture
Land

As grazing land shrinks, Maasai herders make unlikely city dwellers

On the crowded streets of the Tanzanian capital, the sight of groups of men brandishing spears and clubs or hoisting wooden sticks used to herd cattle is no longer unusual.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Land, Tanzania, Tribals, Migration, Kenya, Livestock, Grazing Lands, National Parks, Africa
Environment

Tanzania faces alarming environmental destruction: minister

DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is now facing alarming environmental destruction caused by haphazard felling of trees, a senior official said on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2017
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Environment, Tanzania, Forests, Deforestation, Trees, Firewood, Energy, WWF, Agriculture, Livestock, Ecology, Water Resources, FAO, Afforestation
Food Policy

Kenya: Drought Hit Counties Seek Ways to Fight Hunger

Drought and hunger stricken counties in northern Kenya are now embracing technology in agriculture as they seek to improve their peoples' livelihoods.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, Kenya, Agriculture, Food Security, Famine, Livestock, Africa
Food Policy

Kenya: Drought Hit Counties Seek Ways to Fight Hunger

Drought and hunger stricken counties in northern Kenya are now embracing technology in agriculture as they seek to improve their peoples' livelihoods.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Droughts, Kenya, Agriculture, Food Security, Famine, Livestock, Africa
Food Policy

Vegetarianism and secularism

We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced

Publication Date: 
22/05/2017
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Milk Products, Milk, Green House Gases, Food Poisoning, Livestock, Environmentalists, Food Policy, Animal Products, Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Biodiversity

Biodiversity Act tied in red tape, MP poorer by Rs 2k cr a year

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is losing at least Rs 2,000 crore in revenue a year by letting over 1,000 firms, including some MNCs, collect biological resources unchecked and without levy despite a law be

Publication Date: 
22/05/2017
Times Of India (Bhopal)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Biodiversity Act 2002, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Biodiversity Board (SBB), Livestock, Biodiversity
Forests

Peru lost more than 1 million hectares of Amazon forest over a period of 15 years

Small and medium-scale agriculture is responsible for 80 percent of the deforestation between 2001 and 2015.

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Peru, Agriculture, Amazon, Livestock, Gold, Mining, Roads
Natural Disasters

Deadly flash floods set to worsen poverty and hunger in Kenya, experts say

Raging floods, which have killed 26 people and forced almost 25,000 from their homes in Kenya this month, will exacerbate hunger and poverty among herders who have already lost livestock to the wor

Publication Date: 
19/05/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, Kenya, Food Security, Livestock, Droughts, Food Supply, Africa

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