Performance of year round fodder production under on farm situations

摘要

On farm trials were conducted at the farmers' fields consecutively for three years to evaluate the, Performance ' of "year round fodder production technology" in villages namely Algi, Garera and Sanora of Shivpuri and Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.The villages possessed the large area under irrigated cultivation and bigger herd size being reared by the farmers. The crops like Berseem, Hybrid Napier, Guinea grass and Maize performed well with different combinations in comparison to local practices. The highest average green fodder yield (900q/ ha) was obtained from Wardan with net income of Rs. 27796/ha and benefit cost ratio (1.06) while local Berseem could not compete with improved variety. Besides this Hybrid Napier (no.6) produced 454.8q, Guinea grass 277.5q green fodder yield /ha, Maize (African Tall) recorded 325q green fodder yield/ha. Thus considerable increase in green fodder yield has been noticed over local variety/practice. The large area under irrigation and bigger size of herd created the favorable environment for farmers to promote fodder production to feed the milch animals throughout the year.