When bulls light bulbs
Bull power can be used to generate electricity, as an experiment conducted in Gujarat demonstrates
Importing cattle growth hormone hits snags
A growth hormone that the National Dairy Development Board seeks to import because it can increase milk yield by as much as 30 per cent, has run …
Problems of livestock economy and growing menace of stray cattle
Several states governed by the BJP enacted strong laws against cow slaughter. But we talk less about its effect on agriculture and rural economy
A cattle crisis
The food-and-mouth disease spreads panic across the world and raises several questions about livestock culling
Burp control: How can methane released in livestock belches be reduced? Scientists are trying various options
Scientists are experimenting with seaweed as well as concoctions having several other ingredients to make the specialised digestive system of …
Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides
As part of an expanding non-lethal toolkit, this simple, low-cost approach could reduce the costs of coexistence for some farmers
‘Ethnoveterinary medicines can be used as preventives and curatives’
Down To Earth spoke to MNB Nair from the Center for Ethno-Veterinary Science and Practice, The University of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences …
Vanishing breeds
While people worry about patenting of upmarket plant products like neem because of transnational interest, India's unique biodiversity of …
500,000 cattle dead in Australia floods
Australia’s beef industry is expected to be severely hit and could take several decades to recover
Centre to roll back controversial ban on trade of cattle for slaughter
The government’s May 23 notification on changes made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017, …
Stop cow vigilantism; take urgent steps to end violence: Supreme Court tells Centre
The apex court also asked chief secretaries of each state to consult DGPs to keep highways safe from cow vigilante groups
Cattle can no longer be traded for the purposes of slaughter: Centre
Sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets banned; now cattle can only be sold for ‘agricultural purposes’
The phoenix act
Indian vulture populations stabilise after six years of ban on diclofenac; scientists still wary
Toda traditions in peril
Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 12, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Small towns are collapsing across South Africa. How it’s starting to affect farming
There is growing evidence that governance and service delivery failures are affecting functioning and efficiencies of farming and agribusinesses …
Goats, sheep drive India’s livestock numbers
The number of camels, pigs, donkeys, horses, mules, ponies and indigenous cattle breeds has drastically declined
Sahiwal cattle, the pride of the Subcontinent, is going places in rural Kenya
With its high milk and meat yield, its resistance to drought and diseases, the breed has brought great changes in Kenya’s villages
Odisha’s climate refugees: Satabhaya’s cattle farmers suffer in new homes
The once-prosperous community has been left to fend for itself after losing its rich economy to the ravages of the sea
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
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
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 …
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 …