The human population is going to hit 9.2 billion by 2050. Ruminants play a crucial role in meeting the demand of animal origin foods (milk and meat). Besides, scarcity of feed resources, losses occurring due to less- and un-productive animals are the significant constraints, even though our country boasts a considerable wealth of livestock. >>>
Fruit and vegetable wastes (FVW) is a collective term that includes peels, pomace, membranes, seeds and placenta of the fruit and vegetable items. Peels >>>
Azolla is a aquatic floating fern which resembles as algae. The fern appears as a green mat over water. Normally azolla is grown in paddy fields or shallow >>>
Cotton production is one of the major production crops around the World. India has the largest area under cotton cultivation in the World and India is the World’s first biggest producer of cotton. Cotton seed contain principal pigment and potent toxin name as Gossypol. >>>
India ranks first in milk production accounting for 18.5 percent of world production (Economic survey 2015-16). The value of India’s milk output during 2012-13 has been estimated at over Rs.2900 billion, higher than the combined value of other major agricultural crops like paddy, wheat and sugarcane (National Dairy Development Board 2014). >>>
Phytobiotics are the plant derived products added to the feed in order to improve performance of agricultural livestock. This addresses mainly the purpose of use in terms of a feed additive to healthy animals under common practical conditions of production of food of animal origin rather than the veterinary use for prophylaxis and therapy of diagnosed health problems. >>>
The 92nd foundation day and award ceremony of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research was >>>
Rumen is a natural fermentative anaerobic system which should be manipulated essentially by altering the composition of rumen microflora. There is ample scope to manipulate the rumen by feeding local plants or tree leaves or agro industrial byproducts to defaunate the animals for improving its productivity. >>>
Designed by Bengaluru-based agritech startup Hydrogreens, Kambala is helping solve the acute fodder crisis across >>>
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) and it represents approximately 30% of the global >>>
India is an agrarian country, agriculture has 4% share in GDP of India out of that about 29% have contributed by livestock sector. The rural, as well as urban people, are directly linked with agriculture and livestock. They produce cash crops and fodder for their own livestock and also for commercial purposes. Cropping system mainly depends on landholding of the farmers. >>>
Punjab is primarily an agricultural State where the main stay of rural masses is agriculture and allied enterprises including animal husbandry. Kandi area of Punjab traverses along its north-eastern border. It is totally different from rest of the state. >>>
A total mixed ration (TMR) feeding allows a dairy cow to achieve optimum efficiency.It has been the most commonly accepted system since its introduction in the 1950s for feeding indoor, high-producing, dairy cows worldwide. >>>
Heat or thermal stress can be defined as the point where the cow cannot dissipate an adequate quantity of heat to maintain body thermal balance. Temperature stress is a phenomenon that can impart physical and economical losses to livestock production in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. >>>
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