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 …
Anantapur, Aug. 31: The AP Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Limited (APDDCFL) is making efforts to increase milk production in Anantapur district under the aegis of the Animal Husbandry and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard). The district administration had chalked out a plan to augment alternative financial resources …
Milk production is an important livestock-sector activity and it is estimated that nearly 150 million farm households throughout the world are engaged in milk production. Small-scale milk production not only improves food security of milk producing households but also creates significant amounts of employment in the entire dairy chain, which …
Rachna Singh | TNN Jaipur: In what could probably be the first-of-its-kind in the country, a corporate organic dairy farm is coming up in the textile town of Bhilwara. Once complete this would be the only fully automated sterilised organic cow milk plant housing 1,500 cows at Raila in Bhilwara. …
As Rebels Appear To Lose Steam, Bhatol May Survive No Trust Motion TIMES NEWS NETWORK Vadodara: Amid indications that rebels, who moved a no confidence motion against chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) Parthi Bhatol, may once again lose steam, the apex body of all the 13 dairy …
Beijing:The milk powder scandal in China has taken a new turn with the Chinese dairy concerned saying it was distributing products imported from New Zealand. The New Zealand supplier has claimed its products were
Two Maoist-affected districts, Gadchiroli and Gondiya in Vidarbha, will soon get a special fund of Rs580 crore for development projects.The state home department plans to implement irrigation and educational projects, along with some key infrastructural works, in an effort to win back the support of locals.Home minister RR Patil on …
The business of Madhya Pradesh state Cooperative Dairy Federation has increased by 13.6 per cent during the year 2009-2010 comparing to the year 2008-09. The Milk Unions associated with the Federation at Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior and Jabalpur did a business of Rs 540 crore during the year 200-09 while …
Rathin Das | Anand Cattle-keepers had for long been complaining about shrinking grazing land due to increasing pasture areas being handed over to the industries in many States. This concern has now finally been articulated by the chief of the country
Nearly 400 households in Palakkad municipal area in Kerala enjoy a special relationship with their morning cup of tea. A code printed on the milk bottles delivered to their doorstep identifies not just the farmer but even the cow providing their daily supply of milk. In a departure from the …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Rajkot: In order to provide the fast-growing dairy industry in various districts of Saurashtra with more milk-yielding indigenous breed of cattle, Junagadh Agriculture University (JAU) in Junagadh will soon establish a Bull Mother Farm for indigenous Gir cattle and Jaffrabadi buffaloes at Amreli. According to JAU …
ALREADY hit by a hike in fuel prices, people in Delhi and the NCR now will have to fork out more for their milk as well, with the biggest supplier Mother Dairy hiking prices by up to Rs 2 a litre. The increase comes on the heels of another supplier …
The Green Revolution impacted livestock-rearing as well as agriculture. Farmers were encouraged to shift from low-input backyard systems to corporatised capital-intensive systems. As a result, write Nitya S Ghotge and Sagari R Ramdas, there was an artificial divide between livestock-rearing and agriculture, leading to the further crumbling of fragile livelihoods …
“The area under dedicated fodder cultivation has remained constant since independence at 4.7 per cent of the total cultivable land; 10 per cent of this is in Punjab,” said Bhasin. The demand for 2021 is projected to be 180 MT which would mean an increase in production of five MT …
Shimla: The NABARD-funded Doodh Ganga scheme has taken off on a flying note with as many as 1,123 individuals and self-help groups (SHGs) securing loans to the tune of Rs 22.96 crore by March 31 last, within five months of the launch of the scheme. The beneficiaries were provided interest …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the Government was planning to infuse about Rs 2,200 crore into the livestock development sector to not only boost production of milk, eggs and meat but also generate huge employment in the field. The Perspective Plan 2010 for livestock development is a step …
Mumbai: Of all the perishable products in the Mumbai market, milk is perhaps one of the most adulterated. The proof: In the past year, the Brihanmumbai division of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has carried out raids on 25 establishments in the city, which were involved in selling adulterated …
