The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Nagpur: Animal husbandry, dairy development and fisheries minister Nitin Raut today informed the legislative council that the State government is planning to develop dairy tourism on the hundreds of acres land of Aarey Milk Dairy in Mumbai. Replying to a motion under the Maharashtra Legislative Council rule 260 moved by …
With a view to boost dairy farming in Punjab, the state government has decided to start 20 mobile veterinary dispensary vans to provide on the spot treatment facilities to animals. Disclosing this today, Animal Husbandry Minister Gulzar Singh Ranike said a seven-member committee under chairmanship of State Farmers Commission chairman …
Sri Lankan government is committed to provide support facilities to dairy farmers in the country to improve their trade with the goal of achieving self-sufficiency, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. Addressing over 3,000 dairy farmers from all over the country at Temple Trees yesterday (15), the President said his goal was …
AJAY MODI / New Delhi November 17, 2009, 0:24 IST Hariyali Kisaan Bazaar (HKB), the rural retail arm of DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL), has entered the milk procurement business in Uttar Pradesh and is looking to expand to Rajasthan next month. The milk is being supplied to dairy units …
Commercial dairy farming is a rapidly growing profession and needs proper planning, better skill and scientific know-how. By adopting scientific methods, production has touched new heights and negative economic impact of unorganised dairy farming has gone down. These views were expressed by Dr OS Parmar, dean, dairy science college of …
Humanity has made enormous progress in the past 50 years toward eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Some five billion people--more than 80 percent of the world's population--have enough food to live healthy, productive lives. Agricultural development has contributed significantly to these gains, while also fostering economic growth and poverty reduction in …
Amidst reports of synthetic milk being supplied in the open market, the state government has asked various cooperative milk federations to pull up their socks or get ready to face action. There is a shortfall of around 60,000 litre milk everyday. Kanpur is bearing the brunt with a daily shortfall …
Governor K. Sankaranarayanan today laid the foundation stone of a one lakh litre milk processing and packaging plant near Khelgaon in Hotwar, a few yards from the venue of the 34th National Games. The project, for which the state had earlier signed an MoU with the National Dairy Development Board …
In Punjab, thousands of family-size biogas plants are satisfactorily functioning for the last two decades with 5-10 cattle heads. PAU (Punjab Agricultural University) has designed biogas plants of various capacities to cover different sizes of dairies.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The expert committee appointed to look into ways and means to streamline livestock and dairy farming envisages an investment of Rs 3,240 crore within three years in these sectors. The 380-page report, submitted to Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan in the presence of Food Minister C.Divakaran on Wednesday, features 58 individual …
A dairy that produces one lakh litre of milk a day will be like drop in the ocean for Jharkhand that faces a daily shortage of eight lakh litres. But, it is a good beginning to tackle the state
As implausible as it sounds, cattle poop can generate the electric power to light up thousands of households in Punjab, which has a livestock population of five and a half million buffalos and 1.2 million cows. They produce about 20 million kg of animal dung per day, which has the …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation (OMFED) is all set to launch a low fat content skimmed milk on September 20. Announcing this at a media conference here today, federa
Groundwater, which has emerged as India's prime adaptive mechanism in times of drought, will play a crucial role this year since the aquifers were recharged in 2006-08. The impact of the drought of 2009 will therefore be less severe than the drought of 2002. Beyond the immediate response, we need …
Place orders for 20,000 litres daily; to set up Rs 1.5 cr chilling plant In a major shot in the arm for the Save-the-Cow movement spearheaded by the Sankalpit India Parivar (SIP) of Mewat, the ISKCON family of the USA has asked them to supply 20,000 litres of cow milk …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as genetic upgradation of cattle and buffalo to propel dairy development has emerged major thrust area, the State Government is waking up to lapses in many critical areas. Milch cows are procured from states like Andhra Pradesh to enhance milk production and establishing quality breeds but there is …
The erosion by Beki river has been creating devastation in some parts of Barpeta and Baksa districts for the last few years. Severe erosion since 2004 has targeted the Barpeta Dairy Farm, among others, and almost 800 bighas of land out of 1800 bighas of land of the farm have …
Prices of dairy products up. Deficient rain this monsoon has affected milk production, particularly in the northern states of the country, driving up procurement cost of companies such as Mother Dairy and Amul by 10-15 per cent. Consequently, prices of dairy products such as ghee and skimmed milk powder (SMP) …
