India’ fodder crisis: Why cattle owners in this Haryana village want to shift to dog-breeding

Cattle ranchers sold milch cows at throwaway prices after incurring losses of about Rs 3 lakh in 5 months  

Rajasthan’s Udaipur and Bhilwara turned to village commons to overcome the fodder crisis; here’s why

Villagers in these districts restored pastureland in shamlat lands to ease impacts of fodder crisis in livestock farming 

Simply Put: The cow that barks

Diabetes cure

Silken feed

Hay days forever!

A simple procedure helps in the conversion of surplus fodder during the monsoons into hay, which can help overcome fodder shortage in the summer …

It's a cow's life

Cattle in western Rajasthan struggle for survival as pastures continue to shrink

Community-based natural resource management in Himachal still weak

A host of measures are needed to ensure community-based natural resource management and better provisioning of ecological services for the …

Green Fodder

Peanut profits

The leaves of groundnut plants are ideal forage for cattle

No more complaints about fodder

Food versus fodder

Increasing livestock in the Asian countries could result In lower foodgrain production

2022 too short, too far: A tough year for farmers, cattle owners

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022  

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

All you need to know about Fall Armyworm attack on India, Africa

Here’s a round-up of what’s being touted as the biggest ever pest attack

Hit by extreme winter, Mongolia stares at humanitarian crisis

Livestock deaths due to extreme cold are robbing herders of livelihood, causing mass migration to cities

Waste behind bars

Waste-recycling and optimal resource-use is giving the Capital's prison a new purpose

To feed the cattle of the West

Extensive soya bean cultivation in Madhya Pradesh to supply fodder to the West has cut a swathe of degradation

Cattle, labour and other non-descripts

India's farm labour needs dignity

Afforestation project suspended as anti-poor

A scheme under which 75,000 families were to each get and maintain two ha of forest land has been put on hold following fears that it would …

Guiding growth

When nothing seemed to stop the desertification of the Banni grasslands, a government institution stepped in and showed the people how they …

A grass native to Africa could transform the continent’s dairy yields. Here’s how

Brachiaria has been instrumental to the beef industry’s success in the tropical Americas

North India faces an acute fodder shortage, courtesy wheat crisis, climate change

Wheat straw is being sold at Rs 1,100-1,700 per quintal; it was being sold at Rs 400-600 per quintal last year

Toxic feed turns cattle killer in Sindh

How cow became the mother of demigods

The current political discourse on cow protection disregards the history of beef eating in India