3+ hour, 41+ min ago  (253+ words) The awareness-cum-distribution programme was organised at the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Budgam, under the Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes (DAPST), with a focus on encouraging scientific backyard poultry farming as a low-cost income-generating enterprise. She also stressed the need…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (483+ words) SRINAGAR: Poultry farming, once considered a reliable source of livelihood for thousands of families across Kashmir, is witnessing a sharp decline as farmers grapple with recurring disease outbreaks, poor market returns and stiff competition from cheaper chicken supplied from outside…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (883+ words) kashmirlife.net Despite rising demand and higher prices, Jammu and Kashmir’s egg production has stagnated for two decades, forcing heavy imports, draining the local economy, and exposing deep policy and infrastructure gaps. Over the last two decades, India’s egg production…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1744+ words) Kashmir’s Rs 1,500 crore poultry industry, once largely self-reliant, is sliding into crisis as unregulated imports surge and local production nosedives. Policy gaps have exposed farmers to unfair competition, leaving them with just 24 per cent control of the sector and accelerating…...