http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/7547 2014-02-20T09:31:22Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata http://oar.icrisat.org/7547/ Review on Raising Livestock Productivity in Crop-Livestock Systems in India: Challenges and Implications For Research Rao, P P Birthal, P S Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics The kvorld's livestock production systems are divided into 3 broad categories, based on the degree of integration with crops and land -- grazing systems, mixed crop-livestock hrming systenls (MCLS) and industrial systems or landless systems (Sere and Stienfield 1996). Historically, at low population densities and land abundant scenario, crop and animal production are extensive/specialized and hence, croplivestock interaction is weak. However, as population density incrr:~ses, there is increasing pressure on cropland, with fallow and pastureland increasingly brought under cultivation. This, in turn, raises farmers' dependence on cropresidues. den~ar~fdor manure and animal traction. There is thus n ~~~too\vvacrd s crop-livestock interaction, where crops and animals are integrated on the same farms (McIntire er 111. 1992)... Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2005 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://oar.icrisat.org/7547/1/IJAS_75_10_1233-1237_2005.pdf Rao, P P and Birthal, P S (2005) Review on Raising Livestock Productivity in Crop-Livestock Systems in India: Challenges and Implications For Research. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 75 (10). pp. 1233-1237. ISSN 0367-8318 http://epubs.icar.org.in/ojs-2.3.1-2/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/8299 info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage