Knowledge of Farmers about Improved Fodder Production Practices in Rajasthan State of India

Meena, Deepak; Sankhala, Gopal; Chauhan, Pravesh Singh; Meena, M.L.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.605.225

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“…In agreement with the present findings, Meena et al (2017) found that 'lack of demonstration and training was ranked third constraint with severity of 75.69 per cent. Moreover, Suman et al (2017) reported that the main reason for less knowledge in farmers of fodder production technologies were lack of awareness about improved technologies.…”

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“…Enhanced investments in agriculture and animal husbandry sectors could achieve a higher annual growth rate of cultivated fodder for livestock. Similar to the present findings, Meena et al (2017) reported that the most important constraint was 'inadequate credit facilities for purchasing necessary inputs' which was perceived as very serious constraints with first rank (84.02%). This might be due to lack of awareness among the farmers about the existing banking facilities in the rural areas.…”

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“…Banerjee and Biradar (2016) found that farmers have difficulty in accessing planting material of fodder crops. The findings of the present study are in the lines of the findings of the Meena et al (2017). Although, farmers try to cultivate green fodder even in a small plot to make sure the fodder is available for the livestock.…”

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“…The electronic media enabled extension systems are acting as a key agent for changing agrarian situation and farmers' lives by improving access to information and sharing knowledge (Mohanakumara and Biradar, 2018). Meena et al (2017) observed that the 'lack of knowledge about unconventional fodder sources' was found to be the fourth ranked constraint which had 73.05 per cent severity. The reason for lack of knowledge among the farmers can be explained by lack of adequate attention of the farmers in the dairying and unconventional fodder sources.…”

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Constraints perceived about fodder production by the dairy farmers of north Gujarat

Pawar¹,

Ashwar²,

Joshi³

et al. 2019

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A study was conducted to know the constraints perceived about fodder production by the dairy farmers of north Gujarat. A total of 360 respondents were selected from three districts Banaskantha, Mehsana and Patan representing north Gujarat region in the study. The respondents were interviewed using pre-structured questionnaire to determine the severity of the various constraints about the fodder production. The ranking of constraints was given based on the percentage of severity. The results revealed that 'inadequate credit facilities for purchasing necessary inputs', 'lack of on farm trial and trainings on latest fodder crop cultivation methods' and 'destruction of fodder crops by wild boar' were the first (84.07%), second (83.43%) and third (80.00%) prominent constraints respectively, perceived by the farmers of north Gujarat about fodder production. Government should ensure that credit and subsidy should be made available to the farmers. Government should also make the efforts to ensure proper training and on field demonstrations about scientific fodder production to farmers through extension activities.

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Constraints perceived about fodder production by the dairy farmers of north Gujarat

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Joshi³

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“…As mankind increases in numbers and tamed more and more animals, it become necessary to consider how could be fed the essential for maintenance, growth and reproduction. Since these animals were mostly herbivorous type, the primary need was for grasses and fodder crops (Meena, 1999) [16] . Unfortunately, dairy farmers of our country are still not well aware of importance of cultivating fodder crops which provides better nutrition to the animals in maintenance of their health and production.…”

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Determination of the socio-economic factors of the sustainable production of fodder crops: Research of semi-arid zone of Rajasthan province

Meena,

Meena

2024

Int. J. Agric. Extension Social Dev.

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The present study was conducted in Rajasthan. The investigation concerned with semi-arid zone of Rajasthan, which is the highest livestock and bovine population in zone, 6986.2 and 3287.9 thousand; respectively. Milk production and productivity depend on the quality and quantity of feed & fodder. Feed and fodder constitute about 60-70 percent cost of milk production. Fodder crisis in the Rajasthan has been debated long back as it is seen a widening gap between increasing demand and decreasing supply due to diminishing resources. Thus, there is need to devise the way & evolve strategies and solutions to prevent large scale resource depletion which, leads negative effects on the process aimed at achieving sustainable development. Hence, an investigation entitled "A Comprehensive Study on Fodder Production and Its Utilization Pattern in Semi-Arid Zone of Rajasthan" was conducted on proportionate randomly selected 240 dairy farmers belonging to different land holding categories and growing at least two fodder crops in a cropping year and having at least one milch animal during investigation were taken as respondents of Dausa and Tonk districts in Semi-arid zone of Rajasthan. Maximum number of the dairy farmers (43.33%) belonged to middle age category ranging from 36 to 50 years of age. It was found that a sizable proportion of the dairy farmers were illiterate (23.33%) which was closely followed by farmers having education up to senior secondary level (17.50%). More than seventy percent (71.66%) of the farmers felt that the period for green fodder deficit was March to June. While, 19.16 percent of them expressed that the September to February and 9.18 the farmers felt July to October as lean period for the green fodder. Most of the farmers (37.92%) were engaged in agriculture + dairy + labour.

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Promotion of Improved Forage Crop Production Technologies: Constraints and Strategies with Special Reference to Climate Change

Gupta

Sharma

Khan

et al. 2023

Molecular Interventions for Developing Climate-Smart Crops: A Forage Perspective

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Knowledge of Farmers about Improved Fodder Production Practices in Rajasthan State of India

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Constraints perceived about fodder production by the dairy farmers of north Gujarat

Constraints perceived about fodder production by the dairy farmers of north Gujarat

Determination of the socio-economic factors of the sustainable production of fodder crops: Research of semi-arid zone of Rajasthan province

Promotion of Improved Forage Crop Production Technologies: Constraints and Strategies with Special Reference to Climate Change

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