The Ministry of Agriculture has had good results with its animal feed manufacturing from farm residue and has now launched a programme for educating farmers and livestock breeders on the use of this waste material and how it can be used in fodder production. In comments to the Observer, Shaikh Salim bin Hilal al Khalili, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Regions
Africa / Dairying / East Africa / GIS / Kenya / Livelihoods / Rwanda
New milk analyser excites dairy farmers
As demand for high quality and fear for contaminated milk increases, a new technology that could restore the fading confidence in the country’s dairy sector is under way, thanks to advancements in technology. The new milk sampling equipment takes a ‘network approach’ using advanced technology that connects the entire sampling processing system through general pocket … Continue reading
SADC short of meat, dairy products
Though southern African countries under SADC have made progress in livestock production over the past decade, they remain a net importer of meat, milk and eggs. “SADC remains a net importer of these products, which means we still have to do a lot more and there is potential for us to even meet the regional … Continue reading
MSU veterinary medicine research in Africa saves lives, offers hope
The Michigan State University (MSU) College of Veterinary Medicine (MSU CVM) is conducting more research in Africa than ever before. And seldom have the potential benefits of our research been so promising. The Summer 2010 issue of the College’s ‘Perspectives’ Magazine highlights some of this research: Dr. John Kaneene, for instance, is steeped in several … Continue reading
Africa / India / South Asia
Report: ‘More poor’ in India than Africa
Girls stand in front of an AIDS awareness poster in West Bengal, India. (Photo credit: ILRI / Mann) ‘Eight Indian states account for more poor people than in the 26 poorest African countries combined, a new measure of global poverty has found. ‘The Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, have 421 million … Continue reading
Africa / Climate Change / Environment / Food Security / Latin America / NRM / South Asia / WLE
UN role in fighting climate change, poverty and environmental degradation named for Australian former prime minister Kevin Rudd
‘Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed to an unpaid part-time position on a “high-level” United Nations panel tackling global sustainability issues. ‘Mr Rudd last month confirmed he had been approached by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to become involved with the United Nations project. ‘The appointment would require Mr Rudd to attend three meetings … Continue reading
Dairy conglomerate Danone’s yoghurt factory for the poor in Bangladesh
Here is an old (July 2009) news item we missed. The dairy conglomerate Danone built a small factory in Bangladesh to make nutritional yogurt for the poor. Danone’s yogurt brand in Bangladesh is called Shoktidoi, which means energy in Bengali. ‘When French dairy food firm Danone ventured outside the troubled business climate of Europe and the … Continue reading
Dairying / North America / USA
Dairy in the U.S. utterly transforms as family farms yield to mega-farms
First there were ‘family farms’, then ‘factory farms’, and now, as reported in a recent article in The Atlantic, ‘mega-farms’, which the article contrasts with family farming. Among the (astonishing) facts reported in the article regarding the speed of transformation of dairy in the United States are the following. ‘Until the 1970s, America’s milk products … Continue reading
Africa / Animal Production / Ethiopia / Goats / ILRI / IPMS / Livestock / Markets / Report / Sheep / Small Ruminants
Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement
This working paper by Solomon Gizaw, Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin and Dirk Hoekstra on Sheep and goat production and marketing systems in Ethiopia: characteristics and strategies for improvement was released on 12 August, 2010. Ethiopia is home for a large and diverse livestock resources and favourable production environments. The vast majority of the rural population’s … Continue reading
Exceptional–dead–cattle now cloned in the US
‘Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals, according to a US cloning company. Farmers say it is being done because it is only possible to tell that the animal’s meat is of exceptionally high quality by inspecting its carcass. ‘US scientists are … Continue reading
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