New Zealand-based Dairy Solutionz has developed a dairy cow breed that has been conditioned to survive in tropical climates
Livestock
India to see its first fish hospital in 2015
India’s first hospital to treat abnormalities and diseases in fish is set to come up in Kolkata by mid-2015
South Asia to receive ADB aid to fight livestock diseases
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a US$2mn grant to support South Asia’s push to slow the spread of livestock diseases like avian flu and foot and mouth disease
Cambodian livestock firm aims to double swine production in five years
CP Cambodia, livestock breeding specialist and subsidiary of Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Company Limited, will double its swine production by 2019 to meet the country’s demand for pork products
WWF promotes sustainable means of tuna fishing
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has started its own public private partnership programme toward sustainable tuna (PPTST) in the Philippines to prevent the depletion of the tuna stocks in the Coral Triangle