eprintid: 11058
rev_number: 10
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1305
dir: disk0/00/01/10/58
datestamp: 2019-02-14 07:41:07
lastmod: 2019-02-14 07:46:29
status_changed: 2019-02-14 07:41:07
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Rathod, P
creators_name: Dixit, S
icrisatcreators_name: Rathod, P
icrisatcreators_name: Dixit, S
affiliation: ICRISAT (Patancheru)
country: India
title: Green Fodder Production
A Manual for Field Functionaries
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2
divisions: CRPS2
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: manual
keywords: Fodder production, India, Fodder Cereals, Fodder Grass, Fodder Legumes, Fodder Trees, Fodder Sources
note: We gratefully acknowledge the valuable suggestions and reviewer comments by
Dr BG Shivakumar, Principal Scientist & Officer In-charge, Indian Council of Agricultural Research- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (ICAR-IGFRI), Southern Regional Research (SRS) Station, Dharwad (Karnataka).
abstract: Agriculture and animal husbandry in India are interwoven, with mixed farming and livestock rearing being integral to rural livelihoods. Although the agriculture sector’s contribution to the Indian economy is steadily declining, both the agriculture and livestock sectors provide employment to 52% of the work force. Livestock producers meet their fodder needs through a combination of crop residues, grazing (on common and private lands, forests, and fallow and harvested agricultural lands), and cultivated forage crops (grown mostly by large landholders), while some of them purchase fodder. However, the livestock sector has been grappling with issues of improving fodder production. Green fodder is critical as it provides nutrients for livestock health, which ultimately has a bearing on livestock output and the sector itself.
date: 2019
date_type: published
publisher: ICRISAT
place_of_pub: Patancheru, Hyderabad
pages: 56
institution: ICRISAT
department: ICRISAT Development Center (IDC)
citation:   Rathod, P and Dixit, S  (2019) Green Fodder Production A Manual for Field Functionaries.  Manual. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11058/1/Final%20Green%20fodder%20production_Booklet.pdf