Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Country: Yemen Preliminary reports indicate that as many as 40 people have been killed and 260 injured. Sana’a, 11 August 2019 – Scores of civilians have been killed and wounded since 8 August when fighting broke […]

Men in white fur caps proudly ride horses across the steppe, rows of modern machinery glisten, Barbie-pink flamingos strut before clear blue skies and a white yacht cuts through the turquoise waters of the Caspian Sea.

Our dietary habits and ways of food production have had vastly negative impacts on the natural environment. That is hardly news, but it’s worth restating how bad they are for the environment: Not only do agriculture and animal husbandry contribute considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions, but they are also […]

Almost 5 million pigs in Asia have now died or been culled because of the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a contagious viral disease that affects domestic and wild pigs and that was first detected in Asia one year ago this month. While not […]

Photos of seabirds with their necks and legs hopelessly entangled in plastic waste have become commonplace online in a testament to the devastating impacts of plastic pollution. So have images of the plastic contents in the stomachs of dead birds that succumbed after ingesting plastic objects by mistaking them for […]

Issue Post August 8, 2019 Can creation of a separate Indian Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries bring fresh momentum in growth? Anjani Kumar Smriti Verma Arabinda K. Padhee India’s new ministry can bring more policy focus and resources to bear on important, neglected industries—but also presents certain challenges.