Burden of beast

Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan

The goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …

Act before vicious cycle sets in

Without a grazing policy the goat economy can go bust

Science and Technology - Briefs

Drugged by chicken

Antibiotics in meat make disease-causing bacteria resistant to cures

SUBSIDISED KILLING

They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery,…

Wild and kicking

One place in India where wild animals prosper

Science & Technology - Briefs

Costly silence

No one is debating where goats will graze

New milky way

Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …

Superbug prompts antibiotics policy

Standard treatment guidelines will determine drug prescription

Nomads fenced in

Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states

Science and Technology - Briefs

News 360° - Briefs

Letters

‘There is not enough milk’

Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…

News 360° - Briefs

News 360° - Briefs

Pill to control methane emissions

Dairy paradox

Floods lead to disease outbreak in Kenya

Women have a greater risk of contracting avian flu

South Asia

Letters

Electronic tag for sheep, goats