Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
of species of the livestock / poultry. Over 5000 farmers and 500 veterinarians have
been shown to use EVM-based herbal preparations for the primary health care of
livestock, in a standalone mode.
TANUVAS has been associated with the Trans-Disciplinary University (FRLHT),
Bangalore, India in mainstreaming ethnoveterinary practices into modern
veterinary curriculum and research and has launched a Post-Graduate diploma
in Ethnoveterinary Practices (EVP) for veterinarians around the world through
distance learning since 2011-2012. This effort will help traditional expertise in
the long run to be more readily integrated with current medical knowledge in
addressing local, regional and global healthcare issues of livestock and also help
produce drug-residue free milk, meat and eggs for the food basket.
Understanding foraging as the dynamic quest to achieve homeostasis will lead to
implementing management programs (wherever possible) where herbivores have
access not only to diverse and nutritious foods but also to secondary metabolites
of medicinal plants. Traditional production systems have viewed animals as
partners in taming nature. Herbivores adapt to the external environment and to
their changing internal needs not only by generating homeostatic physiological
responses, but also by operating in the external environment. Most natural
landscapes are diverse mixes of plant species that are literally nutrition
centers and pharmacies with vast arrays of primary (nutrient) and secondary
(pharmaceutical) compounds.
Following the ban on the use of antibiotics and other chemicals, fearing the risk
caused to humans by chemical residues in food and by antibiotic resistance being
passed on to human pathogens, scientists have intensified efforts in exploiting
plants, plant extracts or natural plant compounds as potential natural alternatives
for enhancing livestock productivity.
Natural products, such as primary and secondary metabolites of plants, plantderived
alkaloids, terpenes, sesquiterpene lactones and phenolics can benefit
herbivores by, for instance, combating internal/external parasites, controlling
populations of fungi and bacteria, and enhancing nutrition.
The simplification of agricultural systems to accommodate intensive livestock
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