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Smart investments in sustainable food production: Revisiting mixed crop-livestock systems
Farmers in mixed crop-livestock systems produce about half of the world’s food. In small holdings around the world, livestock are reared mostly on grass, browse, and nonfood biomass from maize, millet, rice, and sorghum crops and in their turn supply manure and traction for future crops.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
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- Science Vol: 327 Issue: 5967 pp: 822-825
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Value of forest feed to livestock in lower Himalaya
Forests provide grasses and tree leaves for livestock. However, for hilly population, livestock rearing mechanism and food production systems are closely integrated in the forest ecosystem i.e. forest provide feed and fodder, while in return livestock supply draught power and manure as well as milk and meat as a source of cash income to the farmers.
- Date:
- Dec 2009
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- Indian Forester Vol: 135 Issue: 12 pp: 1650-1658
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Rain calendars: a tool for understanding changing rainfall patterns and effects on livelihoods
CARE and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) collaborated to pilot the use of an innovative tool for participatory analysis of changing rainfall patterns.
- Date:
- Dec 2009
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- Participatory Learning and Action Vol: 60 Issue: 1 pp: 149-153
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Jumbo threat
Villagers are fleeing to safety as elephants move into their domain in search of food and fodder----------
Kandhmal is back in the news - but this time around it is not communal riots. The district which caught inter-
- Date:
- 26/09/2009
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- Sahara Times (New Delhi)
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20 hectares of millet
Vidarbha village looks for options other than suicide At a time when the traditional cropping pattern of suicide-ravaged Vidarbha has all but disappeared under the lure of quick cash from soybean, a tiny village of 48 farming households in Maharashtra’s Wardha district decided to revive jowar millets, the local food and fodder staple.
Vidarbha village looks for options other than suicide At a time when the traditional cropping pattern of suicide-ravaged Vidarbha has all but disappeared under the lure of quick cash from soybean, a tiny village of 48 farming households in Maharashtra’s Wardha district decided to revive jowar millets, the local food and fodder staple. Despite debts and in crying need for cash, the farmers
- Date:
- 30/08/2009
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- Down to Earth
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On-farm water management practices in Punjab
Water is one of the most valuable resources. The agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water resources in the developing countries. Assured supply of water is necessary for sustainable agriculture.
- Date:
- Aug 2009
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- Current Science Vol: 97 Issue: 4 pp: 479-480
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Unchecked fodder price hike puts milkmen community in distress
Sky rocketing price of animal fodder especially wheat straw commonly known as `Bussa' coupled with deficient monsoons has compounded miseries of farmers especially milkmen community for whom bovine animals are the only source of income.
- Date:
- 04/08/2009
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- Kashmir Times (Jammu)
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Crops suffered due to drought-like situation, says Himachal Minister
The prolonged dry spell and insufficient rainfall has affected agriculture crops over 3,63,120 hectare in the State and the crop loss was more than 50 per cent in 2,65,103 hectare area.
- Date:
- 04/08/2009
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- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Response teams formed for drought-hit areas
The state government constituted a Rapid Response Team in drought-affected districts to monitor the availability of food and medicines and fodder for animal.
State Revenue Minister Phagu Chauhan has been entrusted with the job to ensure that no one dies of drought.
- Date:
- 03/08/2009
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- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Study on dependence of 'Thadou-Kuki' tribe on forest in the current socio-economic scenario in Manipur
Forests provide a number of goods and services to the people. The dependence is very high especially amongst the tribals who live close to nature and collect food, fuelwood, timber, bamboos, medicinal plants and other non-wood products from the forests.
- Date:
- Aug 2009
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- Indian Forester Vol: 135 Issue: 8 pp: 1015-1025
