LPM 121: Fodder Production and Grassland Management (1+1)

INTRODUCTION

• In India, system of forage feeding differs from grazing on a poor herbage cover to thick vegetation.
• In larger areas it is mostly seasonal grazing followed by a scarcity period of summer months.
• Pastures and grasslands have reduced considerably in larger parts and also disappeared in many areas leaving behind mango orchards, roadside bunds and river basis for grazing.