The characterisation of indigenous, economically important genetic resources in agriculture has become an issue of ever increasing importance, both for scientific and ownership reasons. Most countries ...

Jersey cows are helping Nepalese farmers improve the quality of their milk in a scheme described as a "real success story" ...

Brazilian scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) collaborating with colleagues at the University of Maryland and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a dairy ...

Dairy farming aided by Jersey cows is helping lift an African community "out of poverty", a charity has said. Jersey Overseas Aid (JOA) said its Dairy for Development work was making a "significant, ...

The concept of cattle breeds, rather than local types, is said to have originated in Britain under the influence of Robert Bakewell in the 18th century (Porter, 1991). It was during that period that ...

Committed to boosting local milk production in Nigeria, the Ikun Dairy Farm Limited, a joint venture between Promasidor Nigeria Limited and the Ekiti State Government, has taken delivery of the first ...

Living in a thriving local economy based on oil, seafood, and retail sales of all kinds, it is easy to forget that before World War II the chief industries in Terrebonne were agriculture and seafood.