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Estimation of demand and supply of livestock feed and fodder in Rajasthan: a disaggregated analysis

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Title Estimation of demand and supply of livestock feed and fodder in Rajasthan: a disaggregated analysis
 
Creator CHAND, PREM
SIROHI, SMITA
SIROHI, SUNIL KUMAR
CHAHAL, VED PARKASH
 
Subject Common property resources, Carrying capacity, Feed gap, Fodder demand, Fodder supply
 
Description The paper estimates the district level availability and requirement of livestock feed and fodder in Rajasthan using secondary data of triennium ending 2008–09. Availability of dry fodder and concentrates were estimated using appropriate conversion ratios to different field crop production, while green fodder was estimated by applying per hectare yield to different fodder sources. The requirement was worked out by converting livestock into adult cattle units and multiplying by per unit consumption capacity. The annual availability of feed and fodder in the state was estimated at 51.54 million tonne is against the requirement of 68.61 million tonne and thereby deficit of around 25% per annum. The feed deficiency was estimated almost in all the districts except in the districts of Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Churu and Ganganagar. The eastern and south eastern districts were deficit in green fodder whereas western and southern hill districts were deficit in dry fodder. Other critical dimensions were low roughage: concentration ration (1:0.06) and high population pressure on pasture and grazing lands. The policies to develop silvi-pastoral model, creation of fodder banks/ storage facilities, strengthening extension system, developing drought resistant and high yielding variety, crop varieties with emphasis on fodder component needs priority attention.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2015-11-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/53287
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 85, No 11 (2015)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/53287/22507
 
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