The key objective of this paper is to demonstrate what smallholders can do in the dairy sector given the right ecosystem. India’s story of the “white revolution” is a story that can inspire millions in smallholder economies. It has important lessons in terms of government policies that supported and encouraged …
Tango with nature India has been using lakes, ponds and baolis (step wells) since ancient times ('What monsoon means', July 16-31, 2010). Delhi was once replete with water bodies. In the past 50 years, government agencies started disbanding natural ponds, lakes and baolis, declaring their water untested, and therefore, unfit …
- Dairy project involving 74 villages hopes to keep jobless youths away from wildlife crime Jorhat, Sept. 13: A dairy project involving 74 villages dotting Kaziranga National Park is hoping to wean jobless youths away from poaching and end the milk drought in Upper Assam. As part of the joint …
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 …
A plant producing cheese from goat milk will start production at Khajuraho in Chhattarpur district from first week of September. This will be the first and biggest plant in Asia and the cheese produced here will be exported to European countries. Agreements to this effect have already been signed. 300 …
More than 1,65,000 vials of spurious oxytocin were seized from medical stores in Sagar district's Bina town in the first week of this month, police said here today. Oxytocin - misused for enlarging watermelon, gourd, brinjal, cucumber etc besides enhancing milk production in animals - is available in the market …
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 …
Devika Banerji / New Delhi August 16, 2010, 0:37 ISTThe high-value agricultural segment, comprising livestock and fisheries, has to show higher growth for the farm sector to expand at a faster pace, the Planning Commission has said.The 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012) had set an average agricultural growth target of 4 …
The livestock sector globally is highly dynamic. In developing countries, it is evolving in response to rapidly increasing demand for livestock products. In developed countries, demand for livestock products is stagnating, while many production systems are increasing their efficiency and environmental sustainability. Historical changes in the demand for livestock products …
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
Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are highly prevalent among preschool children and often lead to anemia and growth faltering. Given the limited success of supplementation and health education programs, fortification of foods could be a viable and sustainable option. We report results from a community based double-masked, randomized trial among children 1
Nasdaq-Listed Firm Under ProbeSaibal Dasgupta | TNNBeijing: Shocked by reports of babies developing breasts, the Chinese health ministry has ordered an investigation into the contents of the baby milk powders fed to them. The ministry fears that the milk powder may contain some hormones causing premature development of breasts. Health …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNNSurat: If a builder in Rajkot is promoting cows, a community of cowherds in Surat follows a bizarre ritual to ensure that their cows continue giving milk over a long time. The cattle-breeders, living mostly in the walled city, starve the calf to death but keep its …
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 …
LUCKNOW: As part of its ongoing drive to crackdown on food adulteration, the UP Food and Drug Authority (FDA) will issue notices against municipal commissioners of 27 districts of the state.Spokesperson UP FDA, while confirming this, added that action would be initiated against all those who were not taking adequate …
The indiscriminate ingestive behavior of cattle predisposes them to accidental swallowing of both penerating and non penetrating foreign bodies that settle in the reticulum and rumen most of the times. As a result of extensive occupation of grazing land by human inhabitants there is dearth of the same for cattle. …
