Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The economy of Karbi Anglong is basically agrarian and hence the economic development of the district is dependent on agro-based activities. The Animal husbandry, veterinary and dairy development programmes come next to the agriculture. This provides alternative occupation to the jhumia families and farmers. The cooperative movement which started in …
Call it the horns of a dilemma. The BMC cannot decide whether to keep male and female dogs together or separately in the two proposed shelters for canines in Palghar and Thane. The problem will be highlighted in an affidavit the civic body will submit to the Bombay high court …
AGARTALA: No fresh positive case of avian flu was reported from anywhere other than Mohanpur area in Dhalai district, said Animal Resource Development (ARD) Minister Aghore Debbarma. The Minister said that the department had collected blood samples from different places till April 13 and sent the collected slides to Bhopal …
The Tripura Government is continuing the surveillance operations throughout the State even though no fresh cases of bird flu have been detected after conclusion of the culling operations in Kamalpur subdivision of Dhallai district yesterday. This was stated by Tripura Animal Resource Minister Aghor Debbarma at a press meet at …
Sisi slowly browses through the yellow pages, looking not for a phone number but for peanuts and sunflower seeds hidden in the directory. Mali plays with a block of ice containing apples and oranges, crushing it with her feet to get at the fruit. Sisi, a 23-yearold orangutan, and Mali, …
An environmental group has tested dogs and cats for chemical exposure and found some levels much higher than in humans. The analysis, being released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group today, found levels of brominated flame retardants (used in furniture, fabrics and electronics) in cats 23 times higher …
The Council of Advisers yesterday approved the Fish Feed and Livestock Feed Ordinance 2008 aimed at boosting commercial fishery, poultry and dairy production. The objective of the new law is also to increase supply of "disease-free protein on the domestic market, bring dynamism in the export trade and maintain quality …
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will meet the top US health official on Monday to discuss the bird flu crisis that has killed 107 people here, his spokesman said. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt is in Indonesia on a one-day visit, the president's spokesman said. "He …
Breeders yesterday said retail prices of poultry will go up further unless farmers now move to restart farming at an increased pace. The warning came amid a slow recovery in the demand for poultry following the decline in bird flu spread. But many farmers remain reluctant in resuming farming with …
More companies around the world are adjusting their farm-animal confinement policies and requesting clarification of consumer labels to reflect these changes. The moves come largely in response to U.S. voter-led initiatives and the implementation of farm policy reforms in the European Union. Animal confinement - forcing dense populations of chickens, …
More than 12,000 eggs, 42.5 kg of dressed chicken, three live birds and 61 feather brooms were seized and destroyed by Bhutan Agriculture and Food Regulatory Authority (BAFRA) since the ban on the import of poultry and related products from India was imposed on January 16 this year. All the …
Exploited in their youth and physically abused when they are not able to work anymore, old elephants in Kerala can now look forward to a life away from the dreaded sharp hook of the mahout. The state's forest department is to launch an old-age home for elephants, the first in …
During a short visit to Australia last month, I witnessed a heated debate between the Defence Department officials and animal activists. The former wanted to cull the kangaroo colony that was growing at an alarming rate in their office campus at Canberra. The activists thought the very idea a sacrilege. …
A free mass vaccination-cum-treatment camp for the livestock of the fringe villages of Orang National Park was held recently. The camp vaccinated around 971 cattles and buffaloes against HS and BQ as a pre-monsoon preventive measures to form an immune belt in the park. This was stated in a press …
Growing human population, rising per capital income and increasing urbanization are fuelling rapid growth in the demand for food and animal origin in developing countries. India possesses of the largest livestock populations in the world. Contrary to the large population of livestock in India productivity of Indian livestock is low …
The present work studies gender participation in crop production and animal husbandry in the villages of Bundelkhand region in central India. 260 farmers were surveyed through open-ended questions but for detailed study 120 farmers (including 90 women) were involved from the two villages in Jhansi (U.P.) and members of 11 …
The Director Animal Husbandry, Hyderabad has advised the livestock owners to get their animals vaccinated as there are possibilities of spread of various diseases. He warned that diseases including Black Quarter and Entero Toxaemia could spread in between April to June 2008. He advised the livestock owners to get their …
