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, …
The French farm ministry recently found abnormally high levels of cadmium in animal feed. The ministry said the cadmium, which causes serious liver and kidney damage, has been sourced to a 120-tonne batch of imports of the feed ingredient zinc sulphate from China. A company based in France's Brittany province …
Smallholder agriculture has made an increasing use of subsidized mechanization and energy inputs to reduce short-term risks in semi-arid conditions in north west India. However, geographic patterns of production and scale of mechanization are straining resources and increasing the risk of serious degradation of natural resources. In this paper, the …
In the global livestock sub-sector, a revolution is taking place that has profound implications for poor producers, people's health and the environment. In recent years, there has been a massive increase in the demand for food derived from animal origin
Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is one of the widely distributed large mammals in India. At the same time, the sloth bear has suffered as much as other large mammals from human impacts on forested areas. The North Bilaspur Forest Division, Chhattisgarh, which an un-protected area, harbours a large number of …
On 17 May 2005, the Government of Gujarat issued a resolution (GR) to bring wastelands under cultivation inviting big corporate houses and rich farmers – a beginning of corporate farming in a big way in the state. The GR has the provision of giving wastelands up to 2000 acres for …
There is so much about rural India that escapes notice that one more area of neglect will not break the camel's back. I am talking about the crisis of fodder for livestock. A grim silence surrounds it. 'Grim', because in rural India, domestic animals aren't 'pets' but engines that drive …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Gujarat Vs Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat & Others dated 26/10/2005 regarding prohibiting the slaughter of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle, Gujarat.
The main objective of this study in Kaziranga National Park (Assam) was two fold: 1) Review of protection strategies and suggestion to enhance their effectiveness and 2) Development of a comprehensive capacity building plan for frontline staff.
Madhab Baru is a worried man. His livestock keep falling ill these days. The cows pass black dung and the goats, especially the kids, suffer from diarrhoea. It's the black dust from the factory across the road, says the small time farmer of Harirampur, a remote village in West Bengal's …
India's heritage of natural habitats and wild species is under growing threat from its biomass-dependent rural peoples and its consumeristic urban economy. As the mainstay of its wildlife conservation effort, then, India's wildlife reserves continue to face a range of extractive uses. The Indian conservation/development discourse has, however, drawn a …
india boasts the world's largest livestock population. The world's largest milk producer has no clue about the amount of fodder available for its animals and the state of its rangelands. There are parts of India where fodder costs as much, if not more, as food. And then comes research showing …
After dolphin-friendly tuna now we have cheetah-friendly beef. The Cheetah Conservation Fund (ccf), a supposedly conservation-oriented group, has begun hardselling this product from Namibia; it is poised to enter the European Union. On the face of it, cheetah-friendly beef is an attempt to popularise non-violent options of protecting livestock. Beef …
In the republic of Swaziland in southern Africa, cattle are regarded as cultural icons. So when the government announced a new cow-branding law in the southern Shiselweni region, the Swazis were but naturally chagrined. The law will go nationwide following an education campaign to introduce farmers to their new responsibilities. …
The government of Chhattisgarh is in dire need of 1,00,000 bulls. According to government officials, these are needed to breed cows that are to be distributed free to 1.3 million tribal families in the state. The move is in keeping with a promise made by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party …
mulberry silkworm maggots can now offer a cheaper and simpler way to produce vaccines against two afflictions that plague the Indian livestock. Scientists from Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science (iisc) have converted the silkworms into vaccine-producing factories by infecting them with a transgenic virus. The development is significant, as the …
Livestock depredation by the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an increasingly contentious issue in Himalayan villages, especially in or near protected areas. Mass attacks in which as many as 100 sheep and goats are killed in a single incident inevitably result in retaliation by local villagers. This article describes …
There is recent evidence to suggest that domestic livestock deplete the density and diversity of wild herbivores in the cold deserts of the Trans-Himalaya by imposing resource limitations. To ascertain the degree and nature of threats faced by Himalayan ibex (Capra sibirica) from seven livestock species, the authors studied their …
