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Agroforestry Systems Integrating Livestock / Poultry

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Title Agroforestry Systems Integrating Livestock / Poultry
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Creator S.Gunasekaran
M.Ramachandran C.Valli
V.S.Mynavathi
Karu. Pasupathi
V.Ramesh Saravana Kumar
M.Manobhavan
R.Murugeswari
 
Subject I ndia has a large livestock population and projections indicate that to feed this large livestock population by the year 2020 India would require 526 million tonnes (MT) of dry fodder, 855 MT of green fodder, and 56 MT of concentrate feed.
 
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ndia has a large livestock population and projections
indicate that to feed this large livestock population
by the year 2020 India would require 526 million
tonnes (MT) of dry fodder, 855 MT of green fodder,
and 56 MT of concentrate feed. On the other hand
land allocation for cultivation of fodder crops in India
is only 5 per cent of the gross cropped area and India
has a long history of shortage of fodder for livestock.
This is one of the main contributing factors for the
low productivity of Indian livestock. The critical role
of trees and shrubs in livestock production has been
well recognized in India. Tree leaves, fruits, pods,
twigs etc., are traditionally used for feeding livestock
especially goats. In arid and semi arid regions of the
country tree fodder is an important feed resource or
the only feed resource available for livestock.
It is in this scenario that to alleviate the existing fodder
shortage, to create fodder banks for the future, to
overcome problems associated with deforestation and
mitigate climate change the concept of integrating fodder
trees in agricultural land, wasteland, community land
and pastures is gaining momentum. Various agroforestry
models are there suiting different needs. Livestock
integration is possible only in certain models.
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Date 2021-08-15T04:05:35Z
2021-08-15T04:05:35Z
2017
 
Type Editorial Material
 
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Language English
 
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