Small Holder Dairy Development: FAO Report

Small Holder Dairy Development: FAO Report

FAO Smallholder Dairy Development It is estimated that some 12-14 percent of the world population, or 750 to 900 million people, live on dairy farms or within dairy farming households. According to a recent report in 2005 about 2.6 billion people in the developing...
1st June 2015: 15th ‘World Milk Day’

1st June 2015: 15th ‘World Milk Day’

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) proposed 1st of June every year to be celebrated as ‘World Milk Day’. Many countries used to celebrate their National Milk Day on different dates but mostly in and around June and the proposal...
Rinderpest goes the way of Smallpox

Rinderpest goes the way of Smallpox

An ambitious global effort that has brought Rinderpest, a deadly cattle plague, to the brink of extinction is ending all field activities, paving the way for official eradication of the disease. The planet is rid of rinderpest, the devastating livestock disease...