http://sapplpp.org daily 1 2010-09-21T04:21:20Z http://sapplpp.org/news1/a-report-of-the-6th-maha-adhiveshan-of-the-kandhamal-mahila-mandal-balliguda-kandhamal-district-odisha Odisha, India, May 2013 - The Kandhamal Mahila Mandal (KMM), a federation of 587 Self Help Groups in the Balliguda subdivision of Kandhamal district convened its 6th Maha-adhiveshan(1) in Balliguda on 22nd April 2013. Over 6,000 women SHG members from the Balliguda, Nuagaon, Tumudibandh and Daringwadi blocks of the Balliguda subdivision participated in the event. No publisher ruchita 2013-05-10T13:48:40Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/national-workshop-on-community-led-conservation-of-local-livestock-breeds India, April 2013 - SEVA, Madurai in association with the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) and the LIFE Network(1) convened a National Workshop on Community-led Conservation of Local Livestock Breeds followed by the Breed Saviour Awards Ceremony 2012, on 8th and 9th March 2013, at NBAGR, Karnal. No publisher ruchita 2013-04-10T11:06:50Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/breed-saviour-awards-2012 India, December 2012 - SEVA in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Authority, LIFE Network and the Honey Bee Network, invites applications from pastoralists, livestock keepers and organizations, for the fourth Breed Saviour Awards to be awarded at a function in March, 2013. No publisher ruchita 2013-03-26T11:47:53Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/regional-policy-forum-on-asian-livestock-bangkok-august2012 Bangkok, Thailand, September 2012 - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and other partners organized a two day regional policy forum in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss and debate on issues concerning livestock production in the Asia-Pacific region. No publisher ruchita 2012-09-07T10:31:30Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/shamlat-abhiyan-campaign-for-the-commons-in-rajasthan Rajasthan, India, April 2012 - Common pool resources or Commons play a critical role in maintaining the ecological balance, providing essential resources to sustain life and livelihoods, particularly of the poor, ensuring food security and meeting rural energy and fodder requirements. Over the years, there has been a steady decline both in the extent and in the quality of common lands, largely on account of changes in land use, a collapse of governance mechanisms, an absence of clear tenure and the allocation of these lands for other purposes. No publisher ruchita 2012-04-30T09:49:08Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/door-step-delivery-of-livestock-health-care-services-the-evet-project-of-the-MP-animal-husbandry-department Madhya Pradesh, India, April 2012 - The Department of Animal Husbandry, Government of Madhya Pradesh, recently launched an eVet project, initially focused in selected villages in 15 blocks in the districts of Sehore and Betul. Approved by the agriculture cabinet, the initial pilot in the two selected districts is jointly funded by the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), a central government scheme to increase investment in agriculture, and the state plan budget. No publisher ruchita 2012-04-17T09:12:44Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/national-breed-saviour-awards-2011 India, January 2012 - SEVA in association with LIFE Network and with support from the National Biodiversity Authority organized a function in Chennai on 10th January 2012 to give out the National Breed Saviour Awards 2011, recognising individuals and organisations that have worked on the conservation and promotion of indigenous livestock breeds. The function was part of a workshop on Community Conservation of Local Livestock Breeds. No publisher ruchita 2012-02-07T07:03:54Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/world-livestock2011-livestock-in-food-security-a-recent-report-published-by-the-fao India, January 2012 - Following the 2009 report on the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA), this report discusses the role of livestock and explores the contribution of livestock to the food security of the poor from three perspectives - livestock and its contribution to global food security; the food security situation of livestock dependent societies, small scale mixed farmers and urban populations; and its contribution to food security in the future. No publisher ruchita 2012-01-10T08:29:15Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/MP-livestock-development-policy-approved-by-the-agriculture-cabinet India, November 2011 - The Madhya Pradesh Livestock Development Policy has been sent for notification after its approval by the agriculture cabinet, which met in Bhopal on 31st August 2011 under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. No publisher ruchita 2011-11-24T09:07:47Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/life-network-seeks-entries-for-the-breed-saviour-award-2011 India, October 2011 - SEVA/LIFE Network (Local Livestock for Empowerment of Rural People), a group of organisations and individuals who promote community-based conservation and development of indigenous livestock breeds, in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Authority are organizing the Breed Saviour awards 2011. No publisher ruchita 2011-10-20T10:52:21Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/proceedings-of-the-e-conference-on-animal-nutrition-practices India, September 2011 - The proceedings of the E-Conference on "Successes and failures with animal nutrition practices and technologies in developing countries", organised in September 2010 by FAO’s Animal Production and Health Division have been published. No publisher ruchita 2011-10-11T10:50:42Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/workshop-on-conservation-of-indigenous-breeds-of-poultry-in-bhutan Bhutan, August 2011 - The South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme, the Department of Livestock and the National Biodiversity Centre, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan, jointly convened a workshop on the Conservation of Indigenous Poultry Breeds of Bhutan on 10th August 2011, at Thimphu Dzongkhag in Bhutan. No publisher ruchita 2011-08-18T10:45:06Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/women-in-agriculture-closing-the-gender-gap-for-development India, April 2011 - The 2010 -11 edition of the State of Food and Agriculture report published annually by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations focuses on Women in agriculture: Closing the gender gap for development. No publisher ruchita 2011-04-26T06:00:10Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/ifad-rural-poverty-report-2011 India, January 2011 - The International Fund for Agricultural Development recently released the “Rural Poverty Report 2011 - New realities, new challenges: new opportunities for tomorrow’s generation”. The 2011 Report has been issued after a decade with the last report being released in 2001. No publisher ruchita 2011-01-19T07:06:18Z News Item http://sapplpp.org/news1/workshop-highlights-the-need-for-convergence-between-agriculture-and-livestock-development India, September 2010 - The Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) in collaboration with Anthra and the Centre for Social Ecology (CenSE) organized a workshop on the theme "Common Property Resource Institutions, Pastoral Production Systems and the Green Revolution in Transition: From Conflict to Convergence" at Pune on 3rd and 4th September 2010. No publisher ruchita 2010-10-20T05:28:41Z News Item