Impact of mega sheep seed project on reproduction and mortality in mecheri sheep flocks

Senthilmuthukkumaran, S; Sivakumar, K.; Ramesh,; Thiruvenkadan, AK

doi:10.5958/0973-9718.2019.00017.5

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“…Furthermore, the housing practices of farmers in the study area, with the prime purpose of providing shelter in the night hours, reflect the pattern in other parts of India. In specific, this study's findings are line with the observations of researchers in India [35][36][37]. Thus, overall, the socio-personal characteristics, farm characteristics, and managemental practices of sheep farmers in cotton gin feeding areas are similar to those of other areas of India.…”

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“…The flock size in the study area ranged from 32 to 120, similar to other parts of India [34] where non-migratory sheep farming activities are carried out. These sheep owners grazed their animals for over nine hours in their grazing land referred to as Korangadu (a traditional unique pasture land system in rain-fed areas), where they grazed their sheep [35][36][37]. The Korangadu is a rich source of Cenchrus Ciliaris as fodder, which animals rely on as a feed source.…”

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Cotton GinTrash Feeding Amid Feed Scarcity in Sheep and Factors Driving Inclusion in the Yarn Spinning Industrial Cluster of Tamil Nadu, India

Nagarajan¹,

Ramakrishnan²,

Muralidharan

et al. 2023

Agriculture

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Cotton gin trash (CGT) is composed of fibreresidues, leaves, dust particles, soil, and other materials derived during the ginning and yarn-spinning process inprocessing industries. In the cotton-spinning industrial clusters, farmers are using CGT as one of the alternative roughage feeds for their sheep, mainly during forage shortages in the summer months. Baseline information on farmers using gin and the factors driving them to choose CGT as a roughage source needs to be identified for future planning regarding the usage of CGT in sheep feeding. Considering the above facts, the present study was undertaken to assess the socio-personal characteristics and managemental practices associated with farmers using cotton gin in the feeding of sheep; also, it was conducted to identify the factors driving the choice of the CGT as the primary source of roughage in the cotton-spinning industry cluster of Tamil Nadu, India. For this, a survey among 80 sheep farmers was carried out using a pre-tested interview schedule. The collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics and logit regression. The results indicated that the majority of male, aged, and large-land farmers were involved in practicing CGT feeding during the summer and also indicated the non-availability of green fodder during the same period of time. The coarse type of CGT is preferred over the fine type of CGT trash in that area due to quality perception and price. The replacement level of CGT as roughage ranged from 33 to 75% of the total roughage requirement per day. About 88% of farmers were highly satisfied with the results of using CGT and they also expressed that the presence of foreign particles and dust was the major problem with using CGT. The choice of CGT as primary roughage among sheep farmers was primarily influenced by selective farming contexts, namely, landholding, access to labour, and the feeding practices of other livestock with cotton gin. Furthermore, research needs to be focused on improving the quality of CGT in the future as it is being utilised largely by sheep farmers.

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Cotton GinTrash Feeding Amid Feed Scarcity in Sheep and Factors Driving Inclusion in the Yarn Spinning Industrial Cluster of Tamil Nadu, India

Nagarajan¹,

Ramakrishnan²,

Muralidharan

et al. 2023

Agriculture

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CGT Feeding Amid Feed Scarcity in Sheep and Factors Driving Inclusion in Yarn Spinning Industrial Cluster of Tamil Nadu, India

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Ramakrishnan²,

Muralidharan³

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CGT is composed of fiber residues, leaves, dust particles, soil and others derived during the ginning and yarn spinning process at processing industries,. In the cotton spinning industrial clusters, farmers are using CGT) as one of the alternative roughage feed for their sheep, mainly during forage shortages in the summer months. To have baseline information on farmers using gin and factors driving them to choose CGT as a roughage source, which need to be identified for future planning on the usage of CGT in sheep feeding. Considering the above facts, the present study was undertaken to assess socio-personal characteristics, managemental practices associated with farmers using cotton gin in the feeding of sheep and also identify the factors driving the choice of the CGT as the primary source of roughage in the cotton spinning industry cluster of Tamil Nadu. For this, a survey among 80 sheep farmers was carried out using a pre-tested in-terview schedule. The collected data was analysed using descriptive statistics and logit regres-sion. The results indicated that the majority of male, aged, and large-land farmers were involved in practicing CGT feeding during the summer and also indicated the non-availability of green fodder during the summer season. The coarse type of CGT preferred more than the fine type of CGT trash in that area due to quality perception and price. The replacement level of CGT as roughage ranged from 33 to 75% of the total roughage requirement per day. About 88 percent-age of farmers were highly satisfied with the results of using CGT and they also expressed that the presence of foreign particles and dust were the major problems with using CGT. The choice of CGT as primary roughage among sheep farmers was primarily influenced by selective farming contexts, namely landholding, access to labour, and feeding practices of other livestock with cotton gin. Further, research has to be focused on to improve the quality of CGT in the future, as it is being utilised largely by sheep farmers.

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Impact of mega sheep seed project on reproduction and mortality in mecheri sheep flocks

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Cotton GinTrash Feeding Amid Feed Scarcity in Sheep and Factors Driving Inclusion in the Yarn Spinning Industrial Cluster of Tamil Nadu, India

Cotton GinTrash Feeding Amid Feed Scarcity in Sheep and Factors Driving Inclusion in the Yarn Spinning Industrial Cluster of Tamil Nadu, India

CGT Feeding Amid Feed Scarcity in Sheep and Factors Driving Inclusion in Yarn Spinning Industrial Cluster of Tamil Nadu, India

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