Status of green fodder marketing in urban areas of Jhansi.

摘要

This study was conducted to analyse the status of green fodder marketing in urban area of Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 70 respondents involved in green fodder transaction from field to animals were interviewed during 2004-06. It was found that two channels were operating in green fodder marketing in Jhansi, viz., producer-consumers (50.54%) and producer-traders-consumers (49.46%). The fodder prices were lower in the rainy season and uniformly higher during summer and early winter months. The most serious problems faced by the producers in forage marketing were 'everyday municipal charges paid by sellers at Rs. 5/day' and 'quality of green fodder deteriorated by keeping forages in the market more than four hours'. On the other hand, 'high cost of green fodder' and 'daily fluctuation in forage market price' were the most serious problems experienced by the consumers/livestock keepers in Jhansi district.