Meat Production

Pinarayi Vijayan to Narendra Modi: Curb on cattle trade affects secular ethos of country

New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying imposing restrictions on cattle trade will affect the country's secular ethos and millions of livelihoods.

Ban on cattle trade for slaughter in markets is a shocker to poor farmers and meat industry

Slaughter houses gets only 10 percent of the cattle directly from farmers. The rest 90 percent is from mandis, according to meat exporters

The Maneka Gandhi column: Hamburger in a petri dish? It could be a reality soon

The way we grow food is the single biggest reason for climate change, hunger, lack of water and disease. Livestock uses 70 percent of all agricultural land and accounts for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.