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Food security is hard
Despite decades of literature and body of experience to the contrary, it seems that the policy world, and indeed much development implementation, continues to view issues of hunger as the relatively...
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New book links agricultural biodiversity and nutrition
A new book Diversifying Diets: Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Food Security published by Routledge/Earthscan in collaboration with Bioversity International is now...
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What Did the Amazon Look Like Before European Contact? - ScienceNOW
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Insecticide-treated nets protects livestock, boosts milk yields
A simple but innovative use of insecticide-impregnated nets to protect livestock is doubling and in some cases tripling milk outputs on smallholder dairy farms while also reducing mosquito-borne...
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A Unique and Fascinating Creature! The Camel
Raziq's insight:Camel is unique of its kind and play pivotal role in providing food and livelihood in challanging conditions. It is highly admired throughout the histroy. Camel is specially useful in...
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22 June, World Camel Day
Raziq's insight:Dry lands are judiciously use by well adapted native livestock breeds and camel is one of the most important among those breeds. The best utilization of marginal dry and deserted lands...
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IFAD social reporting blog: The power of camel milk: the story of the Anolei...
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Goa's dairy farmers abandon indigenous breeds of cows
Panaji: Goa's indigenous breed of cows seem to be facing the danger of going extinct, due to...See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Livestock Agenda SLA
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Could a traditional breed of Irish cattle become another weapon in the...
RESULTS from an initial experiment on land at Oxford Island on the shores of Lough Neagh suggest that the ancient breed of Irish moiled cattle could be used to help control the spread of the soft rush...
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Indonesia fears shuttlecock shortage over China bird flu - Channel NewsAsia
Badminton-crazy Indonesia is concerned a deadly bird flu outbreak could claim an unlikely victim -- the shuttlecock.See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Livestock Agenda SLA
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Pure breed poultry exported to Australia to combat inbreeding
British breeders are helping Australia restock its rare poultry breeds, to combat high levels of poultry inbreeding.See it on Scoop.it, via Sustainable Livestock Agenda SLA
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Bee friendly pest control
The last couple of weeks have seen some good news for bees. First was the news that some garden centres were withdrawing bug killers that contained the neonciotinoid imidacloprid.See it on Scoop.it,...
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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | Full text | Ethnoveterinary...
The Suleiman mountainous region is an important cradle of animal domestication and the habitat of many indigenous livestock breeds. The dromedary camel is a highly appreciated and valued animal and...
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Pastoralism | Full text | Rapid change of strategy is necessary for...
The Cholistan desert is part of the ancient Hakra River civilization, one of the oldest of the Aryan settlers in the Indian subcontinent.Raziq's insight:Pastoralism is very eco friendly way of...
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The unseen treasure! Camel milk in Pakistan
Being potential milk producer, camel have never been realized and harvested as a prospective milk producing animal, especially in Pakistan.Raziq's insight:Camel milk is the best biological complete...
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Small Scaled Livestock Keepers
Click here to edit the titleRaziq's insight:small scaled livestock keepers/agriculture farmers are playing pivotal role in safe and sound food production. Their voice is weak and they have no...
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Welcome to Saves
Society of Animal, Veterinary and Environmental Scientists (SAVES) www.saves.org.pk (SAVES PAKISTAN) PublicationsRaziq's insight:SAVES struggle for sustainable and eco-friendly livestock production...
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14th Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
The Fourteenth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) will be held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) in Rome, Italy, from 15 to...
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World’s Gene Pool Crucial for Survival
“On 30th anniversary of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO underlines the urgency of safeguarding key genes that will help weather the shocks of climate change.See it on...
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