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Field experiment was carried at Instructional Dairy Farm, G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar (India) during 2020-21 and 2021-22 to optimize the production technology for sustainable organic fodder production and soil health in Indo-Gangetic plains of India. Among the organic production systems, application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha gave the highest fodder yield, gross return and net return but the B:C ratio was derived highest from zero budget natural farming. Among the Kharif crops grown in different cropping systems, BN hybrid intercropped with cowpea gave the significant higher green and dry fodder yield, gross return, net return as well as B:C ratio. Therefore the BN hybrid intercropped with cowpea may be grown under zero budget natural farming for higher fodder productivity and B:C ratio in whole Indo Gangetic plains of India and may be replicated in similar ecologies.
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Optimizing Production Technology for Sustainable Organic Fodder Production and Soil Health in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
Field experiment was carried at Instructional Dairy Farm, G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar (India) during 2020-21 and 2021-22 to optimize the production technology for sustainable organic fodder production and soil health in Indo-Gangetic plains of India. Among the organic production systems, application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha gave the highest fodder yield, gross return and net return but the B:C ratio was derived highest from zero budget natural farming. Among the Kharif crops grown in different cropping systems, BN hybrid intercropped with cowpea gave the significant higher green and dry fodder yield, gross return, net return as well as B:C ratio. Therefore the BN hybrid intercropped with cowpea may be grown under zero budget natural farming for higher fodder productivity and B:C ratio in whole Indo Gangetic plains of India and may be replicated in similar ecologies.
