forage Tag

16 May

Posted at 08:56h in Crop Cultivation

चारा सह अनाज की बहुउद्देशीय गेहूं फसल। Eastern region of India possesses large number of ruminant population (162 million) which is equivalent to almost 55 million adult cattle units that depend on available feed resources.  The dry and green roughages contribute to the tune of 80-90 percent in their ration and hence, a total of 184 million ton dry matter is required to feed the present population. Generally, green fodder contribution varies from 25 to 40 percent in ruminant’s ration depending upon availability. But, at the same time, an acute shortage of green fodder prevails in the eastern part of India that varies from 82 to 89 percent. The main reason behind this...

05 Jan

Posted at 10:07h in Seed production

भारत में चारा फसलों के बीज गुणवत्ता मानक Agriculture accounts for 54.6% of total employment in India and contributes 15.2% of total GDP. Livestock occupies a crucial position in Indian agriculture and directly contributing 27% of agricultural GDP. India, with 2.29% of the world land area, is maintaining about 10.71% of world’s livestock population. The number of milch animals have increased from 62 million in 2000 to 83.15 million in 2012 resulting in 4.04% year-on-year growth rate of milk. Thus, to sustain this growth rate and for further expansion to meet the demands of ever growing human population, livestock needs sustainable supply of feed material. The area under fodder cultivation is...

20 Sep

Posted at 06:52h in Crop Varietes

बुंदेल गिनी -2: चारा फसल की एक उन्‍नत किस्म The forage crops are grown in 4.8 % of the total cultivated land in India to feed 15% of the world’s livestock population. In present situation the country is facing a net deficit of 35.6% green fodder, 10.95% dry fodder and 44% concentrate feed mixture. Among all fodder grasses, guinea grass is most preferred by farmers for cultivation. A high yielding and nutritious guinea grass variety BG-2 (JHGG 04-1) was developed through selection. The variety has exhibited average potential to produced 70-90 t/ha green fodder with 7.8 % crude protein content in trials in rainfed condition, however it has potential to yield...

19 Aug

Posted at 06:25h in Seed production

चारा फसलों के बीज उत्पादन के लिए फील्ड मानक India sustains about 10.7 per cent of the world’s livestock population. The productivity of our livestock often remains low due to inadequate and nutritionally unbalanced supply of feed and fodder. Availability of quality seed in forage crops to enhance production and productivity of feed and fodder is long felt need. Forage crops in general and range grasses and legumes in particular are shy seed producers. Therefore, quantity and quality seed production is an important area that needs to be strengthened for vertical growth in cultivated fodders. Usually farmers do not produce seed. The seeds sold in local market are of poor quality...

19 Jun

Posted at 04:26h in Crop Cultivation

पूर्वी भारत में चारा उत्पादन और पशुधन आहार प्रबंधन Feed and fodder production for livestock feeding is an important aspect for the sustainability of the system because agriculture and animal husbandry are complementary and not competitive to each other. The feed resources are by and large the crop residues, fodder, agro by-products and some indigenous feeds. The farmers feed their livestock with available feed resources, which are not balanced in terms of protein and energy to meet the nutrient requirement leading to poor performance. Therefore, it is felt as need of the hour to explore the possibility of improved fodder production for feeding to livestock in better way. Livestock nutrition and...