Agriculture

Planning board to push for change in agri approach

Focus On Zone And Unit-Based Programmes For Sector

The state planning board is about to push for a basic change of approach in agriculture in Kerala’s annual plan for 2013-14. The draft plan report prepared by the board proposes to foster strategies and action plan based on the scientific division of the state into Agro Ecological Zones (AEZ) and Agro Ecological Units (AEU).

Publication Date: 
14/05/2013
B S Anilkumar TNN
Times Of India (Kochi)
Tags:
Kerala, Agriculture, Crops, Livestock, Irrigation, Panchayats, Crop Yield, Food Security
Food Policy

UN finds way to beat hunger: Eat insects

FAO Hails Bugs As An Underutilized Food For People, Livestock And Pets

Rome: The UN has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect world as an underutilized food for people, livestock and pets.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
FAO, Nutrition, Insects, Livestock, Green House Gases, Starvation, Food Policy
Health

Understanding and managing zoonotic risk in the new livestock industries

In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices associated with intensification may contribute to zoonotic disease emergence and spread, for example the sustained use of antibiotics, concentration of animals in confined units, and long distance and frequent movement of livestock.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2013
Marco Liverani, Jeff Waage, Tony Barnett & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Tags:
Livestock, Drugs, Health Effects, Infectious Diseases, Avian Flu, Poultry, Animal Products, Global
Climate Change

WB provides Rs. 6.69 b for climate change, food security projects

The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide an assistance of Rs. 6.69 billion to Nepal for the implementation of two different projects- one on climate change and food security.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2013
Nepal News (Nepal)
Tags:
World Bank, Climate Change, Nepal, South Asia, Climate Mitigation, Food Security, Floods, Natural Disasters, Agriculture, Livestock
Agriculture

Agriculture gets lion’s share in annual credit plan

The Annual Credit Plan (ACP) for Namakkal District for the financial year 2013-14 at an outlay of Rs.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2013
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Agriculture, Namakkal (D), Horticulture, Agricultural Machines, Livestock, Irrigation, National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD)
Science And Technology

UK lab that cloned Dolly grows pig with new GM tech

Scientists from the laboratory which created Dolly the cloned sheep have now produced a disease-resistant piglet using a new technique which is simpler than cloning, paving way for genetically modified meat.

The piglet, called “Pig 26”, is the first animal to be created via “gene editing”. It was born four months ago at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, where Dolly the cloned sheep was created in 1996.

Publication Date: 
17/04/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
London, Scientists, Genetic Engineering, Pigs, Livestock, Science And Technology
Animal Care

Bird flu detected in Jhapa

Jagadish Pandey, Chief of the District Livestock Office Jhapa, said bird flu was confirmed at Mechinagar, Chandragadhi and Kumarkhod in Jhapa.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2013
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Nepal, South Asia, Animal Diseases, Birds, Livestock, Animal Care, Avian Flu
Water Resources

Sasthamcotta Lake crying for protection

A large area of the freshwater lake has turned grassland threatening the Ramsar site

The State’s largest freshwater lake and one of the 26 Ramsar sites in the country, Sasthamcotta Lake in the district is fast becoming a grassland.
While there are frequent government announcements of substantial fund allocations for conservation measures, nothing seems to be done for the lake which has been drying up fast since the last one decade

Publication Date: 
09/04/2013
Ignatius Pereira
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Kollam (D), Lakes, Farmers, Livestock, Ecosystems, Lake Pollution, Drinking Water, Water Resources
Agriculture

The status of food security in the feed the future zone and other regions of Bangladesh

This report presents results of analyses of the IFPRI household survey data on various topics that, combined, represent the current food security situation in Bangladesh. Specifically, the study examines how that situation varies between the FTF zone of influence in the southern region and other regions throughout the country.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2013
Akhter U. Ahmed, Kaikaus Ahmad, Victoria Chou, & et al
International Food Policy Research Institute
Tags:
Food Security, Bangladesh, Agriculture, Farmers, Land Tenure, Landless, Crops, Livestock, Consumption Patterns, Nutrition, Land Ownership
Biodiversity

Biodiversity for food and agriculture: contributing to food security and sustainability in a changing world

This report reflects the conclusions of the workshop and the analysis undertaken by FAO and Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) over the past year.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2013
Gea Galluzzi, Cornelis van Duijvendijk, Linda Collette, & et al
FAO
Tags:
Biodiversity, Food Security, Agriculture, India, Global, Water Resources, Climate Change, Agroforestry, Livestock, Pest Control

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