The Hindu : Workshop calls for fodder conservation

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Wednesday, Mar 03, 2004

Karnataka

Karnataka - Dharwad

Workshop calls for fodder conservation

By Our Special Correspondent

DHARWAD, MARCH 2. A call to effectively conserve the available fodder resources and arrange to utilise them judiciously was made at a two-day workshop on "Feed, fodder and nutritional security for livestock" here.

The workshop was arranged under the auspices of the University of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with the Directorate of Extension, Union Ministry of Agriculture.

The workshop has suggested that fodder should be chaffed into smaller bits and its palatability and nutritive values should be enhanced through the addition of salt water and jaggery solution, urea treatment and other such technologies.

During scarcity, it has been suggested that both external and internal parasitic infestation in animals should be eliminated through proper control measures. The workshop has suggested that a balanced feed be prepared by making use of the locally available ingredients along with quality minerals supplements.

Feeding livestock through mixed ration formulated by making use of the locally available leaves, pods, other unconventional agro industrial feed and fodder should be encouraged for bringing about efficient utilisation of available feed and fodder.

The technologies suitable for growing fodder on bunds, fallow lands, forests, saline soils and wastelands should be made use of. Fodder production under silvi-pastoral system with suitable fodder tree species, grass and legumes should be encouraged and priority should be given for planting fodder trees along roads under the social forestry scheme.

It has suggested that quality fodder seed production and forage seeds suited to different agro-climatic conditions should be made available in sufficient quality.

S.N. Rai, Principal Scientist, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, in his keynote address called for creation of animal zones, based on agro-climatic zones to carrying out fruitful research and improving productivity of animal wealth and creating nutritional security.

B.S. Nadagoudar, Director, Extension of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, who inaugurated the workshop, said that effective utilisation of available resources to protect animal wealth was the need of the day. Over 118 delegates, including scientists and progressive farmers, discussed 11 topics at the workshop, which ended on Saturday.

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