Tongue tried cure

READ MORE 15 May 1995

On the move

Duck rearing in India has come a long way. From a small-time activity, it has evolved to one in which entire flocks are transported across …

READ MORE 15 Jul 1994

Waiting for the cows to come home? Forget it

READ MORE 15 Jun 1994

The ducks are coming

READ MORE 31 Mar 1994

Ultrasound grading

READ MORE 31 Mar 1994

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

READ MORE 28 Dec 2016

Horn of Africa braces for hunger season

At present, about 12 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are in need of food assistance

READ MORE 21 Dec 2016

Genocide uncovered

Deeply embedded in the battle for land and pastoral hegemony, the first genocide of the 20th century—Namibia's Herero and Nama tribes by …

READ MORE 03 Nov 2016

Go Gokul gone

For all the noise around cow protection, NDA's cow mission, the very first it announced on assuming power, has nearly died

READ MORE 02 Sep 2016

OBC households depend more on livestock than other reserved castes: report

The NSSO report points out that only less than 2 per cent of total rural households depend solely on livestock

READ MORE 09 Mar 2016

A look at the changing scenario of Bihar politics

Of late, women have become the it factor in elections. Caste also plays a dominant role in voter polarisation

READ MORE 07 Nov 2015

Horses, pigs and climate change

Amongst the Nakhi community in China's Yunan province where small farmers, who produced food from biodiverse crop cum livestock farms, have been …

READ MORE 26 Aug 2013

Sunny chicks

READ MORE 15 Mar 1996

Food versus fodder

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

READ MORE 15 Nov 1995

Parasite expunger

Scientists claim to have identified the constituent of human blood that destroys a parasite which plays havoc with livestock

READ MORE 15 Jun 1995

Livestock largesse

Farmers and livestock owners are herding in a fortune as the animal sciences go into overdrive and squeeze out maximum yields

READ MORE 15 Jan 1995

Grasses aren't meant for cows alone

GRASS EVOLUTION AND DOMESTICATION Edited by G P Chapman Publisher: Cambridge University Press,UK Price: Not state

READ MORE 15 May 1994

Where's the beef?

READ MORE 15 Feb 1994

Pastoralists at the crossroads

Hemmed in by intensive agricultural and industrial activity, pastoralists are finding less room to carry on their activities. This could upset …

READ MORE 15 Dec 1993

Permit regime

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First, justify jallikattu?

If the tradition has to be kept alive in spirit, then its proponents must muster courage to walk the talk

READ MORE 25 Jan 2017

New drought in Ethiopia puts recovery at risk

A new drought is emerging in southern and southeastern pastoral areas of the country

READ MORE 18 Jan 2017

Transformation in agriculture needed to cope with climate change

A FAO report points out that a “business as usual” scenario can increase the number of poor by between 35 and 122 million by 2030 …

READ MORE 17 Oct 2016

Taking stock of Africa's livestock emissions

A new study on emissions contributed by cattle challenges the IPCC's estimates, triggering a call to incorporate data from local livestock systems

READ MORE 15 Sep 2016

Bacteria resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotic found in US sewage

Environmental spread of resistant bacteria is a global health concern, but there are no policies to address it

READ MORE 21 Jul 2016