 Beneficiaries with officials with the input materials distributed to the farmers at ICAR-NRC on June 25. Medziphema, June 25 (MExN): ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cattle, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Medziphema, Nagaland in collaboration with Dimapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd, Nagaland (Dimul) organised a state level workshop on “promotion of scientific cattle production in Nagaland” at ICAR-NRC on Mithun in Medziphema on June 25. Gracing the programme as the chief guest, Advisor for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Kazheto Kinimi opined that the workshop on promotion of scientific cattle production in Nagaland state was one instance of initiatives which is essential for discussion through scientific platforms. He gave the various reasons on why it should be discussed, such as our local cattle being low yielded, elite cross breed cattle being expensive, total mixed ration, etc needs to be explored and easing management of cattle production at the farmers level, stated a DIPR report.  Advisor Kazheto Kinimi speaking at the state level workshop on promotion of scientific cattle production in Nagaland held at ICAR-NRC on June 25. (DIPR Photo)The Advisor cited all issues to be addressed. He suggested a very important issue to conserve Thutho cattle which is the local indigenous cattle available in the state. He specifically addressed his concern to ADG (Animal Health) ICAR, New Delhi on the frequent outbreaks of ASF (African Swine Flu) in Nagaland which is causing economic losses. On this, he urged the ADG to fast treat a preventive measure for ASF, “so that we overcame this manic.”  In the first technical session, Director ICAR-CIRC Meerut Dr AK Mohanty briefed on the role of cattle in food and nutritional security in India. Common diseases of cattle and their control measure by Dr Ashok Kumar, ADH (AH), ICAR, New Delhi, and feeding practices for maximising cattle production in North East India by Dr SK Verma, PS, ICAR-CIRC, Meerut. In the second technical session, advanced reproduction technologies for augmenting cattle productivity in NER was detailed by Dr Suresh Kumar Dhoop Singh, Principal Scientist & Head, ICAR-CIRC Meerut, and valve addition technologies to enhance farmers’ income and promote entrepreneurship in NER by Rajeev Ranjan Kumar, Scientist ICAR-CIRC, Meerut.  A farmer-scientist interaction was also organised where many farmers actively raised their problems in livestock. Input materials were also distributed to the farmers. Farmers from various parts of Nagaland, representatives from the milk union of Nagaland, officials from the Department of Animal Husbandry of Nagaland, Scientists and Directors ICAR, Veterinarians, progressive farmers, service providers in the dairy sector and different experts participated in the event. Promotion of scientific cattle production in Nagaland | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com |
UN chief commends BRICS countries for battling global warming (2016-06-17T21:43:00+05:30)
Abu Dhabi, May 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended efforts made by the BRICS countries in fighting global warming but urged them to increase their contribution. Ban Sunday said contributions of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to combat global warming was most important as they were on the way to transforming themselves into developed countries, Xinhua reported. "But we expect the BRICS to increase their efforts and do more as time is against us," Ban said. The UN chief made the remarks here at a
BRICS is an international political organisation of leading emerging economies
press conference in the 2-day Abu Dhabi Ascent, a pre-summit for the UN Climate summit in New York in September. More than 1,000 participants, including govt. ministers & energy experts, are gathered in here for the event. Ban said China has been spearheading the promotion of green energy within the BRICS, especially in mega cities. He also praised South Africa for a "good step forward" in establishing the Southern African Power Pool, a cooperation among national electricity grids of 12 countries in the southern hemisphere. Ban stressed that efforts to stop global climate warming must be supported by all states. Source: Article, Image: http://flickr.com/, http://wikipedia.org/ And https://pixabay.com under Creative Commons CC0      |
PV - US environmental federation launches pro-solar publicity campaign via Thunderclap (2016-06-11T10:29:00+05:30)
Environment America is aiming to encourage citizens across the US to issue a joint, mass, declaration of support for solar energy using the crowd-speaking platform Thunderclap. Environment Texas, a division of Environment America, has initiated a pro-solar publicity campaign on Thunderclap, a crowd-speaking platform that issues a targeted social media campaign once the supporters of a particular initiative have reached a certain level. Environment Texas is aiming to reach out across the US to inspire the American public to broadcast their support for solar energy in the country. The ‘Thunderclap’ will include the promotion of a national online ‘day of action’ in which social media users can sign up to send out a timed message showing their support for solar energy. Environment America is hoping to encourage at least 500 people on campuses across the US to participate in the initiative by October 8th. If this target is achieved, the Thunderclap platform will blast out posts at the same time thereby making Environment America’s pro-solar message go viral. I'm the organizing director for Environment America's Building a Solar Future campaign. “Our goal is to increase by tenfold the energy America currently gets from the sun by 2030” said Adam Rivera from Environment America. “This means solar energy could replace half our nation's dirty coal plants, or more than half the energy we use to fuel today's cars and trucks.” Those in favour of solar energy can join the initiative through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Environment America is a federation of citizen-funded organizations that advocate for clean air, clean water, and open spaces in 29 states and Washington, D.C. For additional information: Put Solar On It campaign, Environment Texas Facebook page, EA, Source: Article, Open Reference Images (flickr.com)..
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Kobo Believes eBook Market is a Two-Horse Race (2016-02-10T19:31:00+05:30)
 As one Canadian technology company looks to be going the way of the Dodo, another is taking on an internet giant in the fast expanding world of ebooks. Canadian BlackBerry-maker RIM is not having the best of times at the moment, but one bright light for the Canadian technology landscape comes in the form of the Toronto-based Kobo Books, which believes it and Amazon are in a two-horse race in the ebooks and erader market. While Kobo Books is no longer strictly Canadian, having been bought out by Japanese ecommerce firm Rakuten for US$325m (£204m) earlier this year, it retains a strong Canadian identity and its headquarters remain in Toronto. We spoke to Todd Humphreys, executive vice president of business development at Kobo, while he was visiting the London Book Fair this week. The Kobo stand is in the Digital Zone, which has grown exponentially in the last few years as the digital publishing revolution has taken off. While Humphreys doesn't think physical books are going to disappear any time soon, he does see the split between traditional printed books and digital books moving to around 50/50, calling it a "tectonic shift" in the way the publishing world works. "The book market continues to grow and we think that digital adds to the overall book share but the percentage shifts more towards digital being a larger [share]." Asda recently cut the price of the Kobo Wireless e-Reader to under £50 in the latest promotional push for Kobo ereaders but Humphreys says there is more to Kobo's strategy than simply undercutting the competition on cost: "I think there are companies that have come out with low cost readers, low cost tablets in this market place. The reason they don't succeed in this marketplace is you really need to have a couple of different pillars."Source: Article, Image: flickr.com |