Deadly compound

Now, even babies are being exposed to the cancer-causing dioxin

Banking on variety

Himachal villagers resist pine monoculture, reclaim forests for fodder

High cost of fodder led milk price hike

First pulses, now milk. The common household is compelled to give up on its easy sources of protein. RAVLEEN KAUR found rise in fodder prices, …

Why is fodder so expensive?

Supply from agriculture and forests is dwindling  

Burden of beast

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

Act before vicious cycle sets in

Without a grazing policy the goat economy can go bust

Nature cure from India

US drug authority rejects plea to ban antibiotics in animal feed

Claims withdrawal process expensive and resource intensive

Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat

Indian farmers get short shrift as country imports wheat

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,…

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Battle zone: Humans vs elephants

Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop -- no longer standing -- and the heavy tread gouged in the mud. This is …

India cannot afford organic farming

S K SINHA national professor at the Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, spoke to Manish Tiwari on food …

Keep on the grass

Alpine pastures are thriving despite policies to encourage grazing. But Himalayan pastures languish despite strong conservationist policies

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 …

Pet food manufactured in China kills cats and dogs in the US

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‘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’…

Cow dung smoke could cause arsenic poisoning

New Zealand clears GM corn

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EU concerned over imports of GM protein used in animal feed by China

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