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 …
In a ‘first’, Australian scientists grow marine worms in wastewater
Farmers use marine worms to feed prawns. Till now, growing them has been a difficult and expensive task
Today's menu: dioxins
Belgium authorities found carcinogenic dioxins in food products. And they brushed the matter under the carpet. Now, Europe is facing an …
Guar mine
Farmers in Rajasthan make big bucks as shale gas rush boosts demand for little-known cluster bean
Got Fodder?
Manju and Mukesh Gupta have had to reduce their milk intake because the two rupee per litre milk price hike has become too much of an expense. …
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, …
Burden of beast
Mounting economic pressures cast a dark shadow on the future of camels and their traditional breeders in Rajasthan
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
Bonn climate talks: New funding mechanism proposed at side event to tackle energy poverty
CSE and What Next Forum say Globally Funded Feed-in Tariff Mechanism (G-FiT) for enabling renewable energy has the potential to provide energy …
Power utilities oppose hike in wind tariff price
State electricity regulatory commissions increasing tariffs without taking into account technology improvements
India denies GMO contamination in basmati
EU had sought clarification after finding genetically modified organisms in the exported rice
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 …
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,…
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 …
‘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’…