Fodder Production and Grassland Management

PRODUCTION LEVEL OF GRASSLAND COVERS IN INDIA

Grass cover	Potential (tonnes / ha)	Actual
Dicanthium - Cenchrus – Elyonurus ( Dry/ arid , North Western India)	5.0	3.3
Sehima- Dicanthium (Semi arid, Central Southern India)	6.0	3.5
Phragmites – Saccharum (Subtropic high humid, Northern India)	5.0	5.0
Themeda – Arundinella (Sub-mountaneous Himalayan)	4.0	2.2
Temperate and Alpine (Himalayas and Nilgiris)	6.0	4.0