-Livemint.com * The supply chain disruption in poultry continues, further hurting the nutritional standards of poorer households * The current steep prices of items that make up the retail food basket—be it eggs, pulses or vegetables—is evidently taking a toll on millions of Indian households NEW DELHI: Banks should not advance large loans to farmers, least of all to those in the poultry business, an exasperated Ramesh Mehla said over the phone. He...
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Delhi Riot complaint names BJP MLA, court seeks report from police
-The Indian Express As per the complaint, on February 23, Mumtaz's shop was set on fire by rioters named in the complaint. On that day, after filing an unnamed complaint with the police, Mumtaz alleged he spotted Bisht around 10 pm and heard him give a speech to a mob asking them to "find and kill Muslims" while the mob shouted, waving pistols and swords in the air. A Delhi court has...
More »Misconceptions about COVID-19 result in poultry value chain erosion -Deepak Tushir and Ajit Kanitkar
-VillageSquare.in The poultry value chain suffered a macro tragedy due to rumors linking the pandemic and Chicken consumption. Compensation to women poultry farmers, infusion of capital and logistics permission can restore the sector Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh): In the earlier write-up, we had presented how COVID-19 has impacted the life and livelihood of women poultry farmer producers losing an assured source of income of about Rs 50,000 a year. The macro consequences are...
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-VillageSquare.in More than ten thousand tribal and Dalit small holder poultry farmers who had successfully built cooperative enterprise and escaped poverty, were forced to cull Chickens due to rumors linking spread of coronavirus to Chicken consumption Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh): Kunti Dhurve is a small holder poultry producer from Jamundol village in Kesla administrative block of Hoshangabad District in Madhya Pradesh. Out of the total 15,000 households in Kesla, about 9,000 are tribal...
More »The great lockdown gums up animal farms -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * India’s cattle are on an enforced diet, milk’s value is on the slide and Chicken farmers are in deep despair * The livestock sector contributes 30% to India’s agricultural GDP and is valued at over ₹9 trillion. Yet, during the lockdown, policy and remedial interventions have largely focused on crops NEW DELHI: Shravan Kumar Yadav often wakes up in the middle of the night these days. The incessant mooing and grunting...
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