LIVESTOCK plays an important role in the national economy. Mainly three types of livestock production practices are prevalent, rural households where animals are closely integrated in the rural ...

Panaji: There is an acute fodder shortage in Goa and hence it is dependent on other states to meet its fodder requirements, said Parveen Kumar, director, ICAR – Central Coastal Agricultural Research ...

From the simplicity of the underlying technology involved, the shorter quantum of time needed for cultivation to the evidently superior quality of produce, hydrophonic fodder cultivation is gaining in ...

Currently, India is staring at a fodder crisis with a daunting challenge of producing adequate feed and fodder for its livestock from an already shrinking land resource. In addition, erratic fodder ...

Kadapa: The government is supporting fodder cultivation to further promote the dairy sector. Preparations are under way for this under the Employment Guarantee Scheme to enable farmer families living ...

With delay in monsoon, farmers are likely to go for cultivation of fodder this year. The Animal Husbandry department is planning to supply about 75 metric tonnes of fodder seed to farmers, even while ...

TIRUCHI: With the drought triggering a short supply of fodder for cattle, the Animal Husbandry Department is gearing up to meet the demand at least to a certain extent by implementing a subsidy scheme ...

MADURAI: An engineer, retired from the Electricity Board (EB), Madurai, has found a different form of vertical farming for fodder cultivation, known as hydroponics, which can serve as an alternative ...

Planned green grass plantation on roadsides, embankments and fallow lands can meet much of the fodder requirement that is vital to boost milk and meat production in the country, agricultural experts ...

Total area under cultivation is 11.25 lakh hectares against the normal 26 lakh hectares. “Green fodder is not available. A delayed monsoon may brighten prospects for cash crops, but our cattle may not ...

KOLLAM: The dairy farmers in the district are into cultivation of high yield grass to beat ever increasing fodder prices. Some 160 hectare of land including wasteland will be converted into lush green ...