The adequate availability of green fodder impacts the general as well as reproductive health of livestock, their milk and the economics of dairy enterprise. The green fodder is being cultivated only on 8.4 million hectares (5.23%) of cropping area in India. Considering the season-wise total crop sown area, the fodder crops occupied only 1.02%, 1.54% and 0.78% in Rabi (3,384 hectares), Kharif (5,113 hectares) and Zaid (2,593 hectares), respectively during the Year - 2013-14 in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh, whereas, the total livestock population of the District is 1,125,743, as per the 19th Livestock census in the Year - 2012 that indicates the wide gap between the livestock and availability of green fodder.
Considering the problem of green fodder in Bareilly District, the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar implemented the intensive promotional activities in Year - 2017 for popularizing the Bajra Napier Hybrid (B-N Hybrid) to make the farmers...