In a situation where milk demand is increasing by 10-11 percent and production by 3 percent, India may not be able to fulfill its needs in 2021 without drastic measures and could become a net importer of milk within the next few years. Corn and Soymeal Exports Will Not Meet Expectations India has been a successful exporter of soymeal (SBM) in the past, and the volume increased over the last few years from 2.114 MMT in 2009/10 to 3.838 MMT in 2010/11 and 3.439 MMT in 2012/13. However, it has been a slow start in 2013/14. In the first four months of the marketing year, exports have been 1.5 MMT against 1.732 MMT for the same period in 2012/13, a decline of 13.39 percent. They were a dismal 364,000 MT in January 2014 compared with 650,000 MT...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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