Livestock Census is a regular quinquennial exercise of Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD). The first Livestock Census was conducted in the year 1919 and last census i.e. 20th Livestock Census was conducted in 2019. The 21st Livestock Census exercise has been launched across the country on 25th October, …
Knowledge is the basis for sustainable development, but successful implementation depends on understanding what works in the field and where to improve lives and the environment. This is why a new FAO book released in Rome – Sustainable Land Management in the Kagera Basin – presents sustainable land management techniques …
BENGALURU: India may be home to 15% of the global livestock population, but its contribution to the global methane emissions by the domesticated animals is only 10.63%, a study by the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP) has revealed. Cows, buffaloes, sheep and goats are the huge contributors …
Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana on Tuesday suspended poultry imports from South Africa with immediate effect following outbreaks of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu. South Africa has confirmed outbreaks of avian flu, which is often transmitted by wild birds, on at least two farms. South Africa and Mozambique banned poultry imports …
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has imposed an indefinite ban on poultry products from South Africa after the country announced an outbreak of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu, the state-owned Herald newspaper reported on Tuesday. "The products include hatching eggs, table eggs, frozen chicken and mechanically deboned meat," Josphat Nyika, the …
For pastoralists like Jilo Datecha, the persistent drought afflicting southern Ethiopia’s Borena zone has made the prospects for earning a living grim. The semi-arid landscape of bushes and acacia trees, with no running rivers for hundreds of kilometres, makes for a precarious life for the pastoralist and semi-pastoralist communities who …
The Kano State Ministry of Agriculture yesterday confirmed that the avian flu influenza, otherwise known as bird flu had killed no fewer than 13,000 birds in nine farms across the state. The Federal Government had raised the alarm of possible outbreak of the disease in seven states of Kano, Katsina, …
At 9am, Eliud Sankare is still at home in Isinya village, south of Nairobi, instead of out herding the 40 cattle his son has already led to pasture. He heads to the cowshed to join his wife and two daughters, raking manure into big mounds. Using dry twigs as brooms, …
Kenya and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) on Tuesday launched a project to help boost growth in the livestock sector. The Africa Sustainable Livestock (ASAL 2050) project is designed to help reposition the sector to generate additional food and income for farmers and the country’s GDP. Speaking during …
A new outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease, which saw a ban on animal movement in three districts in eastern Rwanda has caused panic among herders and raised fear of a price hike in animal products. A temporarily ban that covers all movement of cows, goats, sheep and pigs as …
KHARTOUM) - (Sudan Tribune) The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir Tuesday has issued a presidential decree to allocate 2,4 million feddans of land in the River Nile State for a national agricultural scheme. Sudan has 175 million feddans of arable land, 118 million feddans of natural grassland nature and 102 million …
Government is finalising the second and final crop and livestock assessment report for the 2016/ 17 farming season, as early indications point to food self-sufficiency. The report would be tabled before Cabinet once completed. The country expects over two million tonnes of maize.The high yields in most crops have been …
Climate change will have significant impacts on economic activity and value chains in Uganda. But it can also provide new possibilities for people and businesses – for example, to create new products and services, develop new markets and access new funding streams and finance mechanisms. The semi-arid Karamoja region in …
The Kenyan government has deployed troops to a central region to fight illegal grazing. Thousands of herdsmen have been driving their livestock onto ranches and protected wildlife reserves. They say drought is leaving them with no choice. But some are armed, and more than a dozen people have been killed …
Pretoria — Animal farmers are among the worst affected by the current drought, says the Western Cape Provincial Government. In a statement on Wednesday, the MEC of Economic Opportunities, Alan Winde, said the provincial disaster declaration will be used as further motivation to request drought relief funding from national government. …
Do Zimbabwean smallholder farmers know that they are sitting on a potential $60 million earnings per annum from beef exports? That money can be realised through adding value to livestock production. Scholar Blasio Mavedzenge and his research colleagues Ian Scoones, Felix Murimbarimba and others in 2010 noted that with the …
Drought and hunger stricken counties in northern Kenya are now embracing technology in agriculture as they seek to improve their peoples' livelihoods. Representatives of the pastoral counties who form the Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) were in Turkana County last week on a bench-making tour geared at finding sustainable solutions …
Drought and hunger stricken counties in northern Kenya are now embracing technology in agriculture as they seek to improve their peoples' livelihoods. Representatives of the pastoral counties who form the Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) were in Turkana County last week on a bench-making tour geared at finding sustainable solutions …
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is now facing alarming environmental destruction caused by haphazard felling of trees, a senior official said on Sunday. “Almost every Tanzanian is using one cubic meter of firewood or logs as daily energy source which is equivalent to more than 50 cubic meters …
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. The men are Maasai, one of northern Tanzania's most recognisable ethnic groups, known the world over for their semi-nomadic lifestyle …
Centre to operationalise Rs 5,000 crore fund for micro irrigation in NABARD Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said that his ministry will promote all notified crops irrespective of the fact whether it is genetically modified or not as that is its mandate and it has no reservations on the …
