Participatory Approach in Adoption of Fodder Cultivation Technology towards Increase in Milk Production in Garhwa District of Jharkhand

Sushma Lalita Baxla, Ashok Kumar, Pankaj Seth, Sudhir Kumar Jha, Sunita Kumari Kamal

Abstract


The study was conducted on 40 small and marginal dairy farmers in Garhwa district of Jharkhand. The animals were maintained only on paddy straw and agricultural residues after onset of rainy season. In previous year little work has been done on demonstration and cultivation of green fodder for enhancement of milk production in this area. Training and Front Line Demonstration (FLD) of green fodders were conducted in selected dairy farmers by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in the district. The results depicted that there were significant (P< 0.05) increased in the milk production after feeding of seasonal green fodder throughout the year. FEAST computer program was used to analyse feed resources of the area and it was found that the small holder dairy production system entirely depend upon paddy straw along with supplementation of concentrates. The economic analysis of the dairy farmers revealed that annual net income can be increased 2.45 to 3.70 times by reducing 30 to 40% feeding cost after the availability of green fodders round the year as an alternative of commercially available feeds. It is highly recommended that to organize more and more demonstrations on this technology to make the dairy farming sustainable in this fragile ecosystem. Training, demonstration and awareness programme on large-scale, adoption of fodder production technology among the farmers is an urgent need of the hours to increase milk production as well as farmer’s income

Keywords


Adoption, Fodder Technology, FEAST, Dairy Farmers, Jharkhand

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