Antibiotic use in animal farms linked to antimicrobial resistance in environment

Use of antibiotics to increase livestock production can affect the ecosystem and agricultural soils, not to mention human health

US FDA tightens efforts to address antibiotic use in livestock sector

US FDA achieves another milestone in efforts to address antimicrobial resistance in livestock-prohibits the use of antibiotics as growth promoters

Unhearthed

Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity

Greenhouse gas emissions from man-managed grasslands similar to global croplands

Study highlight need to use sustainable management to preserve and enhance soil carbon storage of grasslands

Here is how demand aggregation can improve rooftop solar installation in India

Demand aggregation can address the main challenges to RTS deployment — low end-user awareness & increased consumer acquisition price …

New rules put larger onus on small, medium poultry farms

Till now, small poultry farms in India were exempt from environmental laws but this will change now

Vanishing green

Participants at a recent conference conference on man, animal and environment discuss ways to solve the problem of overgrazing

Destroying pork

What's eating the grasslands?

Overgrazing is just the tip of the iceberg.The real culprit is mismanagement

Treasures in grass

India has a huge variety of grasses. But the wealth is being destroyed

Feed for thought

Handle with care: The dictum for using antibiotics in livestock

Using natural additives in animal feed, educating farmers, timely vaccination, ethnoveterinary practices and strict implementation of rules can …

UK halts its solar momentum

Will Britain's court of appeal uphold government decision to slash solar power subsidies?

Glycerin will be future chickenfeed

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 …

The milk that ate the grass

India may be the largest producer of milk in the world, but at an incredible cost. In achieving this distinction, the country's vast cattle …

Starving cattle

Untamed bacteria

UK's efforts to control antibiotic-resistant bacteria fails

The 'other' food crisis

Fight against climate change will worsen existing inequality in global trade: CSE and DTE

In the name of climate action, countries are introducing policies which can spark trade wars

Regulation of GM food subject to life inside it: Activists decry Centre’s strange decision

The government must uphold its duty to regulate the environment, health and nature, activists say as a consignment of GM soya gets clearance

How India is killing the country’s largest economy of the poor

New restriction on cattle slaughter will severely cripple the livestock economy which is bigger than crop economy; poor farmers shifted to …

What exactly are cattle fed?

In Punjab, too much limestone powder and urea: adulteration hardly a bother for feed-makers

Methane from Indian cattle overestimated

How is fodder crisis rendering livestock vulnerable?

Today, India faces an acute fodder shortage that has left drought-hit farmers and livestock vulnerable. Jitendra finds out how fodder crisis has …