Socio-economic Constrains and Effect of Fodder Nursery on Dairy Farming: A Participatory Approach in Harapanahalli Taluk of Davanagere District
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Livestock farming is a profit mainly it depend adequate availability of fodder at reasonable price. The cultivation and storage of fodder is an important component for animal husbandry. The demand of fodder has been always increasing with the animal population as well as increase in production of milk. The present study was undertaken to encourage the farmers to cultivate fodder grasses in their own farm. A live demonstration of fodder crops during 2017-18 was under taken in Sattur village of Harapanahalli taluk, Davanagere district, Karnataka, to educate the farmers in cultivating perennial fodder grasses. Interested farmer were selected randomly from the Sattur village for demonstration of growing of fodder grass. The study revealed that the production of Napier CO-4 was 117.5 tons/ac/y and Napier CO-3 was 106.25 tons/ac/y, Guinea grass was 60 tons/ac/y, Rhodes grass was 90 tons/ac/y, Hedge Lucerne was 22.5 tons/ac/y, Grazing guinea was 77.5 tons/ac/y, Anjan grass was 56.0 tons/ac/y, Pyara grass was 56.0 tons/ac/y and Fodder sorghum was 24.8 tons/ac/y. The total annual expenditure per 2 gunta (200 m2) area of different fodder grass from fodder nursery plot was 12400 and if there is no maintenance of livestock in their farm the total income generated only from the nursery from different green fodder crops production was 26360. The net profit from different fodder crops from fodder nursery plot was 13960. Moreover, availability of nutritional rich good quality green fodder and dry fodder in the beneficiary farm from fodder trees and fodder crops all-round the year and also increased lactometer reading, Fat and SNF and milk production of the cross bred cows and finally earn the income around the year.
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Veeranna. K. C, et al.
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