Quality seed production of range grasses - A major constraint in revitalising tropical pastures

摘要

Only 4% of India's geographical area of 326.82 M ha is pastures. Socioeconomic and ecological consequ-of land degradation are affecting 85 M ha of Is grasslands. To provide sufficient milk for the wing population, current milk production of 128 tmustincrease to 160 M t by 2020. To make this able, an additional 825 M t of green fodder is Increasing the area producing green fodder is cult because of severe competition from food crops, italising the denuded grasslands is the most plausible us for improving the availability of green fodder, needs mission mode programs with participation of eople.