Poultry

India offers to partially open up its poultry, dairy markets in effort to strike deal with Donald Trump during upcoming visit

India has offered to partially open up its poultry and dairy markets in a bid for a limited trade deal during US President Donald Trump’s first official visit to the country this month, people familiar with the protracted talks say.

Budget 2020 farmer-friendly; takes steps to enhance rural employment livelihood opportunities

The allocation announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for rural development in the Union Budget is notable.

Inhumane, unregulated animal agriculture practices in India extract a heavy toll on us, and the environment

The poultry industry has grown unregulated such that it impacts the weakest sections of society: residents near these farms, the environment and the birds themselves.

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Banda change cropping patterns, restore ponds to make profits despite persistent drought

Ten years ago, the Union government had approved a special package of Rs 7,266 crore for implementing drought mitigation strategies in the Bundelkhand region.

Slaughterhouse workers, fishermen face high risks of injury; teaching them skills key to ensuring their dignity, financial well-being

Millions of slaughterhouse workers do various jobs, including dragging the animals to where they will be slaughtered, stringing them up, bleeding them, breaking their bones and skinning them

NITI Aayog for revamp, modernisation of statistical system; says there is need for real-time data to be captured

NITI Aayog is in touch with the World Bank for modernising the country's statistical system

Mumbai's chickens are host to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, pose serious health risk: Report

Daily feeding of antibiotics to poultry creates high resistance which directly affects human beings health.

What makes chickens happy? Running for food or Preening? No one is quite sure

Chickens can’t say how they feel, but playing with a fake worm may be a sign of happiness.

Hurricane Florence: 1.7 million chickens drown as North Carolina rivers swell up, swamp poultry farms

About 1.7 million chickens have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped at least 60 farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market, according to a major poultry producer.

India's meat industry growing rapidly, but depleting a third of world's fresh water reserves

The meat industry uses a third of the world’s freshwater directly or indirectly. The global production of meat is moving towards doubling, from 229 million metric tons in the year 2000 to a projected 465 million metric tons by 2050.