State of Agriculture: Milk Inflation
Milk price in India has scaled rapidly in recent months on the back of unprecedented fodder prices and lumpy disease outbreaks in cattle. This …
Ground report: How is Chhattisgarh’s ‘dung deal’ working
plan to purchase cow dung to boost rural economy, ensure clean villages and solve stray cattle problem saw initial success, but things …
World Camel Day: Rearing as an art of healing
The relationship between camels and their rearers continues to be pronounced by centuries-old customs
Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian
His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been built around it
Interim Budget 2019: A mention and a few hundred crores for the poor's Kamadhenu
A specific mention spanning over four minutes, and emphasis on livestock hints at the government’s admission of the impact of its anti-…
Centre defers decision to restrict production of yield-boosting hormone for two months
Decision comes after various states said oxytocin is very important to prevent human maternal mortality
Cull the caste
The fight against the caste system must be about control over natural resources, not professions of marginalised groups
Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay: How it aims to revive rural economy, organic farming
A significant number of beneficiaries of the scheme are women and from backward community. Balod, Dhamtari, Durg, Raipur and Rajnadgaon districts …
A pair too rare
Gaolao breed of cattle is cherished for its capacity to carry load and quality milk, but only 3,000 of them are left
The selenium scourge in Punjab
Two districts of Punjab -- Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar -- have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint …
Rise of livestock
Agriculture sector undergoes a historic change as livestock surpasses the economy of food grain
The importance (and baggage) of ghee
The social standing of ghee is heavier than the health one
Cattle herders in western Rajasthan suffer heavy losses due to Lumpy Skin Disease
Some 749 animals have died of the disease in Jodhpur division alone
To save cows, regulations imposed on drug that helps women with childbirth
Government tries to restrict use of oxytocin as it is also illegally given to cattle to increase milk production
17 million missing: Climate change, government policies could deal lethal blow to Indian dairy sector
In India, dairy is a source of sustenance for millions of small-scale and marginal farmers and consumers. Any decision on it should be scientific
17 million missing: Why was there a fat problem in India’s dairy industry?
Indian dairy farmers now prefer exotic or crossbred cows to indigenous cattle, buffaloes; a crossbred cow has a high milk yield compared to a …
Return of pastoralism: How villagers fought a long battle to regenerate grazing lands, assist herders
With help from civil society organisations, India’s rural population managed to increase their profits from raising cattle
Rice, integral to Madagascar, may be hastening the decline of its unique biodiversity; here is how
Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; most of the plants, animals, insects and fungi found there are not found anywhere else
World AMR Awareness Week: How ethnoveterinary medicines combat antimicrobial resistance
The biggest USP of ethnoveterinary medicines is that they can be prepared at home; simple ingredients of EVMs can work against several …
Why is north India suffering from a fodder crisis
The rise in wheat straw prices is a combined consequence of an unrelenting summer, water shortage as well as better prices for other crops like …
‘One Health’ key in Zimbabwe’s fight against antimicrobial resistance
Since AMR is a complex problem involving several sectors, Zimbabwe is using the best possible strategy to fight it
Interim Budget 2019: The full coverage
Here is a look at what all was promised by Union Minister Piyush Goyal and if it stands in the real world
Changes in livestock breeding needed to boost A2 milk: study
The frequency of A2 casein is high in indigenous breeds of India as compared to that of exotic, indicating an opportunity for Indian dairy …
Problems faced by the Bahima, a nomadic pastoral community of Uganda
Elizabeth Katushabe, a cattle keeper from Uganda, talks to Down To Earth about erratic weather patterns, which is affecting the cattle reared by …
What's eating the grasslands?
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