Livestock

Indonesia aims for poultry and beef self-sufficiency

The Indonesian poultry sector currently accounts for more than 80 per cent of total feed demand. (Image source: Matt Watts/Flickr)

Indonesia has outlined plans to attain self-sufficiency in poultry and beef sectors to meet the growing demand in the sectors

Free phone app for fishing out aqua stock information

AppliFish has enabled managing, processing and visualising scientific content to increase awareness about the challenges faced by aquatic ecosystems face. (Image source: Global Water Forum/Flickr)

Fishery and biodiversity knowledge platform i-Marine has developed a free mobile application to make information on aqua life available readily

China and UN come together to fight animal diseases

China is the 10th country to have an FAO reference center, and the second one to have a reference center focusing on animal influenza research. (Image source: gr8dnes/Flickr)

China and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations have stepped up cooperation in animal disease control and detection

China poultry industry may outshine pork sector

The poultry industry has already become the most industrialised protein segment in China. (Image source: RaulPerezFoto/Flickr)

Chinas poultry industry has started developing its own growth path out of the shadows of the pork industry, a new report from Rabobank has revealed