Track 3-1-2: Case Studies on Participatory Research and Development
Description
Fodder and livestock rearing is sine-qui-non to each other. Feeding assumes highest share (60-70%) of total cost involved in livestock production. Making the green fodder available round the year to the cattle keepers is a great challenge. The country faces the current deficit of green and dried fodder to the extent of 40 percent. The current level of milk production in India to the extent of 128 mt which is expected to be 160 mt by 2050 demands 494 mt dried fodder, 825 mt green fodder and 54 mt of concentrate feed. Probably, it is beyond the capacity of any public or private sector organization to ensure the readily availability of seed and planting materials of fodder crops. The circumstances, thus, prompts to seek the alternative viable option for mitigation of on-farm fodder planting materials' availability. This paper analyzes how empowering farmers for farmer-centric production and dissemination of planting materials for fodder crops can be evolved and validated.
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Ensuring On-Farm Production and Utilization of Fodder Planting Materials: A Case of Hybrid Napier in Rural Uttar Pradesh
Fodder and livestock rearing is sine-qui-non to each other. Feeding assumes highest share (60-70%) of total cost involved in livestock production. Making the green fodder available round the year to the cattle keepers is a great challenge. The country faces the current deficit of green and dried fodder to the extent of 40 percent. The current level of milk production in India to the extent of 128 mt which is expected to be 160 mt by 2050 demands 494 mt dried fodder, 825 mt green fodder and 54 mt of concentrate feed. Probably, it is beyond the capacity of any public or private sector organization to ensure the readily availability of seed and planting materials of fodder crops. The circumstances, thus, prompts to seek the alternative viable option for mitigation of on-farm fodder planting materials' availability. This paper analyzes how empowering farmers for farmer-centric production and dissemination of planting materials for fodder crops can be evolved and validated.
