Limitations
in fodder crop cultivation
- Fodder crops are
neglected due to
- Increasing
population put more pressure on food grains, therefore, farers divert
their most of their energy in satisfying his domestic needs. Thus the
fodder crops are given the stepmother treatment
- Green revolution
mainly included the grain crops like rice, wheat, maize etc, thus fodder
crops were side tracked. Lack of attention to fodder crop due to lack of
research and development also resulted in poor varieties of fodder crops
- Socio-economic
factors:
- It is customary for
the people of
- Most of the farmers
are not aware of silage making, haymaking and other methods to preserve
and improve the nutrient contents of fodder
- Livestock: low
productivity of most of the Indian cattle breeds discourage the farmers to
go for improved fodder because of higher cost involved in it.
- Other problems: Lack
of research, improved seeds and government support
Remedies:
- Increase in fodder
cropped area by bringing wastelands, denuded forest lands and other
marginal lands under fodder
- Promoting mixed and
intercropping (legume fodder) with grain crops
- Adoption of
Agri-Silvi-Pasture, Silvi-Pasture, Agroforestry and Social Forestry
- Evolution of high
yielding varieties, production of high quality seeds and popularization of
fodder crops in rainfed areas
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