-The Hindu The year 2023 has been declared as the ‘International Year of Millet’ by the United Nations following India’s proposal. Why is India pushing the world to bring these nutri-cereals back to the dining table? The story so far: The Centre on Sunday kicked off the International Year of Millets, announcing a host of activities across the country to promote the cultivation and consumption of the ‘nutri-cereal’. Central ministries, State governments...
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Fodder inflation could really shrink milk output -Amaresh Chandra, Purushottam Sharma and Bishwa Bhaskar Choudhary
-The Hindu Business Line The Fodder crop deserves a central place in the agri-ecosystem and needs institutional support, such as crop insurance The recent increase in Fodder costs have played a major role in rising milk prices, hitting dairy farmers hard. Fodder inflation has seen a sharp hike in the last four months, despite the softening of overall WPI inflation in the recent months. The overall WPI inflation has eased to 10.70 per...
More »Valuable waste: NSO report shows cattle dung is more ‘precious’ than Fodder -Prabhudatta Mishra
-The Hindu Business Line The gross value of output of dung increased 6.8% to ₹34,825.75 cr in 2019-20 from ₹32,598.91 cr in 2011-12 The gross value of output (GVO) of cattle dung estimated at ₹34,825.75 crore is more than the total value of the Fodder that the cattle population consumes. Not only Fodder but there are also 128 other items including maize, mustard, onion, potato, eggs, soyabean, tea, coffee and cashew nut...
More »The story of the migrating, dairy-farming Gujjars -Prakash Chand
-VillageSquare.in In a yearly ritual forest-dwelling Gujjars migrate to a partially dried-up dam in Uttarakhand where their cattle graze with plenty of water and Fodder around, and the farmers supply milk to nearby towns. Evenings are abuzz around the dam in Nanakmatta in Uttarakhand’s Terai region at the foothills of the Himalayas. People carrying bottles and vessels make a beeline for a community of dairy farmers that make the dam their temporary residence...
More »Fodder price rise: Cattle numbers in western UP fall due to runaway inflation -Sunil Kashyap
-CaravanMagazine.in Not far from Delhi, within the northern capital region, lies a significant part of western Uttar Pradesh. At one time, nearly all rural households in this region were engaged in animal husbandry. Rearing cattle is how most of the area’s women made money—while the men often worked in farms or migrated to urban areas for employment, the women stayed at home. Their day began with washing and feeding the cattle....
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