-IANS Bhubaneswar: Odisha will empower tribal women through diary cooperatives so that they get opportunities to earn more, an official said on Wednesday. State-run dairy cooperative Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Limited (OMFED) has received Rs.46.45 crore from the union tribal affairs ministry to implement this, OMFED chairman Bishnupada Sethi said. Tribal women play a significant role in animal husbandry. Women constitute 70 percent of the labour force in livestock farming, while...

-The Times of India RAIPUR: To enhance the livelihood of tribal farmers in Kanker district, scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) are imparting training for fish rearing and animal husbandry via integrated farming systems (IFS) models in selected villages of Kanker district. They are doing this with social mobilisation through village meetings with farmers and panchayat. In Kanker, rice occupies more than 90% of agricultural area in kharif season. Majority farmers are...

-PTI DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul has asked scientists of central research institutions in the state to come up with ways to encourage small farmers to begin organic farming. Paul made these suggestions to the scientists during his his visit to Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture (CITH) and Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Mukteshwar to study the possibilities of benefiting local farming and animal husbandry through these central research institutions,...

-News Wing Daltonganj: The world may have become a global village; India too may have reached the Mars,but the lifestyle of Kharwars, the tribal people living in difficult terrains of Palamau forest who like to boast of being the kin of famous duo Nilambar-Pitambar has crawled just by an inch—they have taken to farming.This too, for the last two years. While by nature the Kharwars are fighter tribes and not adapt to...

-The Tribune Transformative approaches to agriculture are the need of the hour. For this, we have to impart climate resilience and rehabilitate economically stressed farming communities of agriculturally developed regions. Since more than two decades now, farmers have been committing suicides in India, a fact that reflects the harsh realities of farming. Most of these farmers were traditional family farmers, leading a lifestyle based on traditions and beliefs. The intensive commercial commodity-based...