Imphal, Sept.

S Sujatha COIMBATORE

JAI Jawan Jai Kisan! Poultry farmers across India are seeing a golden goose, after the defence ministry said the country

CUTTACK: With poultry identified as a high growth engine for generating employment opportunities and income in rural areas, the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department has launched an incentive scheme for farmers by offering full reimbursement of VAT paid on maize and broken rice used as poultry feed.

Poultry litter produces methane gas and the gas is converted into electricity using a patented technology at a non-descript Tamil Nadu village SBEL Has Capacity To Produce 3.75mw Per Hour
S Sujatha NAMAKKAL

INDIA has refused to remove restrictions on import of pork and poultry products imposed last year as a preventive measure against spread of bird flu despite mounting pressure from the EU and the US at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Amritsar: Poultry farmers in Amritsar have taken to emu farming to exploit the multiple returns offered by these birds, in terms of their meat, oil, skin, feathers and even their colourful eggs are in huge demand for ornamental purposes.

With the poultry industry being caught in the imbroglio of avian flu, emu farming is fast catching up with the farmers of the region.

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Gargi Parsai

NEW DELHI: The Project Directorate on Poultry (PDP), Hyderabad, under the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), has developed transgenic chicken for therapeutic purposes by transferring a gene from a different species into chicken.