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VETSon Triumphs at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, Garnering Prestigious Award for Innovation in Livestock
Woodstock, September 2023 – VETSon, a leading innovator in telemedicine for veterinarians, and farmers, proudly announces its remarkable achievement at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show
Read MoreNPA Calls for Supply Chain Reforms to Save Pig Industry's Bacon
26 Dec, 2022- The NPA has called on the Government to introduce essential reforms across the pork supply chain to avert the collapse of the British pig industry and protect the UK’s food security.
Read MoreZoetis Announces the Completion of its Acquisition of Jurox, a Leading Provider of Livestock and Companion Animal Products
19 Dec, 2022 - Zoetis Inc. (NYSE: ZTS) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Jurox, a privately held animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets
Read MoreICAR-CIBA, Chennai inks MOU with “Ornamental Fish Entrepreneur” from Thrissur-Kerala
The ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA), Chennai signed a MOU with Shri Joshy Paul, ‘Ornamental Fish Entrepreneur’, a progressive ornamental fish breeder and trader from Thrissur, Kerala here.
Read MoreTribal Sub-Plan Programme of ICAR-CIFA Launched in Koraput District, Odisha
ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with the State Fisheries Department, Koraput and Pragati, Koraput launched the Tribal Sub-Plan Program for freshwater aquaculture development at Tribal Museum Campus, Koraput.
Read MoreUnion Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Releases Recombinant ELISA Kits
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh today released recombinant Enzyme-linked immune sorbent assay (ELISA) kits: one for Glanders and other for Equine Infectious Anaemia. Both these diseases are notifiable diseases in India and require special diagnosis for control and eradication in the country.
Read MoreGenomic Chips Developed by Brazil Can be Very Useful for Implementing Genomic Selection
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh met a 5-member delegation from Brazil led by Dr. Jose Ribamar Felipe Marques, Director, Buffalo Research and Development, Brazil, today.
Read MoreICAR has Approved Registration of Record 15 New Breeds of Livestock and Poultry This Year
ICAR has approved registration of record 15 new breeds of livestock and poultry this year alone taking the total to 40 during 2014-18, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh at a ceremony for awarding breed registration certificates
Read MoreICAR-NRC-Camel Organizes Farmer-Scientist Interaction Meets and Animal Health Camps
ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner organized Farmer-Scientist interaction meets and animal health camps under the Tribal Sub Plan at Isra and Mandwara villages in Sirohi, Rajasthan on 17 and 18 August 2018.
Read MoreCaptive Breeding and Seed Production of Striped Murrel
The striped murrel (Channa striata), one of the important indigenous food fishes having high consumer preference, is rich in dietary protein, amino acids, unsaturated fatty acid and possess highly nutritive and pharmacological value.
Read MoreHimachal Offers Desi Cows to Boost Natural Farming
The Himachal Pradesh government is working out modalities to make “desi cow” available to each family provided they shift to Zero-Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), a concept already successfully adopted by the Andhra Pradesh government and also implemented by Himachal Governor Acharya Devvrat at his gurukul in Kurukshetra of Haryana.
Read MoreAll India Network Project on Ornamental Fish Breeding and Culture Launched
In a major effort to develop the ornamental fish industry in the country, an all India network project on ornamental fish breeding and culture was launched by Dr J K Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries and Animal Sciences), ICAR at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Read MoreCSO's Data Says, Fastest Growth in Livestock Products Output Value Between 2011-2016
The department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services conducted a combined “Block Level Orientation Program on Training and Capacity Building” under the “National Livestock Mission 2017-18”
Read MoreVeterinary department conducted training for Livestock Farmer
The department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services conducted a combined “Block Level Orientation Program on Training and Capacity Building” under the “National Livestock Mission 2017-18”
Read MoreCountry Should Leverage Its Livestock Treasure
Export of frozen buffalo meat from India is almost a 45-year-old trade. Since the mid-2000s, the country’s annual foreign exchange earnings from it has gone up more than ten times to over $ 4 billion
Read MoreMaharashtra State Seeks CMFRI Help with Cage Fish Farming
For starting large-scale cage fish farming ventures, the Maharashtra government has sought technical support of the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.
Read MoreKarnataka Government Initiates Control and Containment Programme for H5 Avian Influenza
An outbreak of H5 Avian Influenza has been reported from Dasarahalli village, Bengaluru East Taluk, Bengaluru Urban District in Karnataka.
Read MoreLivestock Farming Scheme at 50% Subsidy for Marathwada Farmers
Aurangabad: The state animal husbandry department has announced a scheme in which Marathwada farmers, in which they will get separate units of livestock comprising goats, cows and buffaloes at 50 % subsidy.
Read MoreLivestock Farming: Control and Containment Operations to Prevent H5N8 Virus
The National Institute for High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD), Bhopal informed on 17th October 2016 that samples of wild birds died in National Zoological Park (NZP), New Delhi received by them have tested positive for H5 Avian influenza virus.
Read MoreLivestock Farming: Increase in Poultry Production and Poultry Farmer's Income
The 28th Annual Meeting of the Poultry Federation of India was held in Hyderabad. The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri. Radha Mohan Singh expressed his views regarding increase in business, problems associated with farmers and traders, and assistance given by Government of India.
Read MoreLivestock News: This Year Egg Prices Break Record in Hyderabad City.
Egg prices in the Hyderabad city peaked at Rs 440 for 100 eggs, the highest ever. The average consumer will now have to pay up to Rs 24 extra per dozen.
Read MoreLivestock News: Dairy Provides Livelihood to 60 million Indian Farmers.
In India, 60 million rural households depend upon dairy sector and out of this, two third are small, marginal and landless labourers, says Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister. Rs. 582.09 crore have been allocated for 35 proposals under the National Gokul Mission.
Read MoreLivestock News: Rajasthan Animal Husbandry is Witnessing a Gradual Slump
Animal husbandry which is the backbone of rural household income in Rajasthan is witnessing a gradual slump. According to national sample survey (NSSO) which is released in February shows that in the state, number of livestock per 100 households has come down from 517 in the year 1971-72 to just 202 in 2012-13 and other livestock also show the decline over the decades.
Read MoreLivestock News: Poultry Farmers Are Likely to See Some Margin Recovery
This season, Poultry farmers are likely to see some margin recovery, who are under losses for two years due to over-production. The drought and intense summer in around 10 states have pushed up prices of eggs and broilers.
Read MoreLivestock Farming in India
Livestock Farming Includes,
Dairying is an important source of subsidiary income to small farmers and agricultural labourers. In addition to milk, the manure from animals provides a good source of organic matter for improving soil fertility and crop yields.
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Poultry has an important place in India as the eggs and chicken meat are important and rich sources of protein, vitamins and minerals. Poultry provides rich organic manure and is an important source of income and employment to millions of farmers and other persons engaged in allied activities in the poultry industry. Chicken is the most widely accepted meat in India.
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Fisheries in India is a very important economic activity and a flourishing sector with varied resources and potentials. Only after the Indian Independence, has fisheries together with agriculture been recognized as an important sector.
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The challenges faced by our country in securing the food as well as nutritional security to fast growing population need an integrated approach for livestock farming. Among the various livestock species, piggery is most potential source of meat production and more efficient feed converters after the broiler. Apart from providing meat, it is also a source of bristles and manure.
...View DetailsNational Livestock Mission
The National Livestock Mission (NLM) has started from 2014-15. The Mission is started to cover all the activities required to ensure quantitative and qualitative improvement in livestock production systems. This Mission is having the objective of sustainable development of livestock sector, focusing on improving availability of quality feed and fodder. The National Livestock Mission is implemented in all States.
National Livestock Mission (NLM) has four submissions which are as follows:
1. The Sub-Mission on Fodder and Feed Development: In order to give a push to the livestock sector making it a competitive enterprise for India and also to harness its export potential, the sub-mission on fodder and feed development will address the problems of scarity of animal feed resources.
2. Sub-Mission on Livestock Development: Under this submission there are provisions for productivity enhancement, entrepreneurship development and employment generation (bankable projects), strengthening of infrastructure of state farms with respect to modernization, automation and biosecurity, conservation of threatened breeds, minor livestock development, rural slaughter houses, fallen animals and livestock insurance.
3. Sub-Mission on Pig Development in North-Eastern Region: The North Eastern States seeking support for all round development of piggery in the region. There has been persistent demand from the North Eastern States. Under NLM a Sub-Mission on Pig Development, for the first time in North-Eastern Region is provided wherein Government of India would support the State Piggery Farms, and importation of germplasm so that eventually the masses get the benefit as it is linked to livelihood and contributes in providing protein-rich food in 8 States of the NER.
4. Sub-Mission on Skill Development, Technology Transfer and Extension: At field level for livestock activities, the extension machinery is very weak. And it is result in the farmers are not able to adopt the technologies developed by research institutions. The emergence of new technologies and practices require linkages between stakeholders and this sub-mission will enable a wider outreach to the farmers. All the States, including NER States may avail the benefits of the multiple components and the flexibility of choosing them under NLM for a sustainable livestock development.
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