The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga, through the Trento Research and Experiment Station, in partnership with the Caraga State University (CSU) in Butuan City, is promoting the production and ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) — The Department of Agriculture has started a native chicken breed that is said to be well-suited for weather conditions in the Cagayan region. Named as ‘DADOS chicken’, ...

All of the UK’s rare breeds of chicken, duck, geese and turkey are under threat due to avian influenza, a new report from the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has warned. The UK has suffered a spike ...

A native to Jhabua, it is also bred in Bihar’s Gaya and tribal regions of Jharkhand in a limited way, though it is becoming more and more difficult due to its high mortality. When former India cricket ...

The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) has developed a new chicken breed that has better adaptability to the country’s climate and tastes like the indigenous species. The new chicken-breed ...

Commercial poultry production in Kenya dates back to the 1970s. It is estimated that the poultry population stands at 80 million, with 70 per cent being indigenous backyard flock. The driving factors ...

Last month, monogastric (single-compartmented stomach) livestock farmers and stakeholders, at a conference in Abuja, raised concerns over the state of local chicken breeds. They were worried that the ...