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Green Fodder Production A Manual for Field Functionaries

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/11058/
 
Title Green Fodder Production
A Manual for Field Functionaries
 
Creator Rathod, P
Dixit, S
 
Subject Others
 
Description 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.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2019
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/11058/1/Final%20Green%20fodder%20production_Booklet.pdf
Rathod, P and Dixit, S (2019) Green Fodder Production A Manual for Field Functionaries. Manual. ICRISAT, Patancheru, Hyderabad.