To bring social and economic transformation of rural Pakistan by empowering millions of small livestock holders, the government has initiated ‘poverty reduction through small holders livestock and dairy development’. Read more … (Daily Times) Continue reading
Category Archives: South Asia
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Fodder Innovation Policy Working Group meets in India
The first meeting of the Fodder Innovation Policy Working Group (FIPWiG) — constituted as part of LINK’s Fodder Innovation Project with the International Livestock research Institute (ILRI) — is being held in Anand, Gujarat, India on February 24. The meeting is being hosted by LINK’s South Asia partner CRISP (the Centre for Research on Innovation … Continue reading
Project to boost crop yields in four South Asian states taken up
A new project aiming to help six million farmers in four South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, has been taken up to boost crop yields and their income over a period of 10 years, said the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). To be led by the Manila-based IRRI, a good number of international organisations will fund … Continue reading
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