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Kashmir youth take to poultry farming

By admin, on October 1st, 2011%

Pulwama, Sep 24 (ANI): With an aim to increase employment opportunities for the young people in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have initiated various schemes to encourage them into the arena of poultry farming.

Almost all the houses in Parigam village of Pulwama district possess small poultry farms.

Many young people have taken to poultry farming . . . → Read More: Kashmir youth take to poultry farming

Bird flu strikes again, two Bengal villages affected

By admin, on September 22nd, 2011%

Less than three months of declaring it free from the dreaded bird flu, the virus has resurfaced in India with confirmed cases being reported from Nadia district of West Bengal. The agriculture ministry said the bird flu cases have been reported from two villages in Tehatta block in Nadia district of West Bengal.

Meanwhile, authorities . . . → Read More: Bird flu strikes again, two Bengal villages affected

Why fish farming is key to food security

By admin, on September 19th, 2011%

As drought ravages northern Kenya and the rest of the country’s food security is threatened by the escalating cost of living, two scientists are burning the midnight oil, transforming agriculture.

At the Sagana-based National Aquaculture Research Development Training Centre, the talk all day long is fish, fish and nothing but fish.

PhD holders from different . . . → Read More: Why fish farming is key to food security

‘Agriculture in the region needs diversification’

By admin, on August 13th, 2011%

On making local rice disease free: North-eastern states grow a particular variety of rice (sticky Japanese type). It was prone to a disease called rice blast. CAU developed a blast resistant variety and released it four around four years back. Recently, it distributed the variety for cultivation to farmers. The university produced a stock of . . . → Read More: ‘Agriculture in the region needs diversification’

To keep cattle off roads, Panchkula offers plots

By admin, on August 13th, 2011%

To Keep cattle off the roads and prevent it from creating traffic chaos, the municipal council of Panchkula has come up with a plan to allot plots to those people who come forward to own these livestock for dairy activities.

It was no easy task in identifying the cattle owners responsible for the menace . . . → Read More: To keep cattle off roads, Panchkula offers plots

Fisheries education to have pharmacology, toxicology courses

By admin, on August 11th, 2011%

Mangalore, Aug.8:

To regulate the use of drugs, antibiotics and chemicals in aquaculture, the Union Agriculture Ministry is planning to introduce pharmacology and toxicology courses in fisheries education, according to Dr K.M. Shankar, Dean of the Mangalore-based College of Fisheries.

Addressing presspersons here on Monday, he said the aquaculture sector has been witnessing an . . . → Read More: Fisheries education to have pharmacology, toxicology courses

Poultry farmers warned against starving hens

By admin, on August 1st, 2011%

JAIPUR: With the boom in poultry farming in Rajasthan making it the hub for the sector in the country, the state government has issued a stern warning to egg producers to desist from starving hens for eggs.

The state department of Animal husbandry has directed the veterinary officers to ensure that egg producers comply with . . . → Read More: Poultry farmers warned against starving hens

A Big Push to the Livestock Sector through GADVASU Extension Services

By admin, on August 1st, 2011%

LUDHIANA: Dr. H.K. Verma, Head, Veterinary & animal husbandry extension education GADVASU revealed that Ministry of Agriculture, and cooperation Govt. of India has sanctioned an eight day “Model training course” to this department on “Eco friendly & Modern dairy farming practices for field personnels and the funds will be released soon.

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary . . . → Read More: A Big Push to the Livestock Sector through GADVASU Extension Services

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