Buffalo protein against cattle diseases

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

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

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

High-yield cattle breed less

Novel land grab

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 …

First yak domesticated 2,500 years ago near the Brahmaputra in Tibet, not far from Indian border: Study

Not only did humans in Bangga domesticate yaks, they also domesticated cattle and created hybrid offsprings by crossing the two

Only the Gir indigenous cow breed is being promoted under Rashtriya Gokul Mission; here is why

Gir is a hardy, adaptable breed with high milk yield and calm disposition; experts however say genetically superior cows should be identified and …

Why I remember DN Jha as an exemplary food historian

His defining work was about a food item whose reality is markedly different from the narrative that has been built around it

Ground report: How is Chhattisgarh’s ‘dung deal’ working

plan to purchase cow dung to boost rural economy, ensure clean villages and solve stray cattle problem saw initial success, but things …

Centre defers decision to restrict production of yield-boosting hormone for two months

Decision comes after various states said oxytocin is very important to prevent human maternal mortality

Interim Budget 2019: A mention and a few hundred crores for the poor's Kamadhenu

A specific mention spanning over four minutes, and emphasis on livestock hints at the government’s admission of the impact of its anti-…

Cull the caste

The fight against the caste system must be about control over natural resources, not professions of marginalised groups

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 …

World Camel Day: Rearing as an art of healing

The relationship between camels and their rearers continues to be pronounced by centuries-old customs 

Pak army factory pollutes stream, kills livestock

Rise of livestock

Agriculture sector undergoes a historic change as livestock surpasses the economy of food grain

Livestock production causes global warming, strains land and water resources

Should villages in Desert National Park be relocated?