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Feed and feeding situation in Nepal
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Introduction
Feeds and feeding situation in Nepal
Feed balance
Reflective situation about feeds
Major concerns and scope of fodder
Terminology / Glossary
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Rangeland
Vegetative terms
Grazing land term
Land and forage-to-animal relationships
Terminology of grazing
Factors affecting pasture and fodder crops
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Introduction
Factors affecting the efficiency of growth of crops
Factors affecting the chemical composition of fodder
Factors affecting the nutritive value of fodder/ forages
Morphology of forage grasses
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The vegetative grass tillers
Vegetative growth in cereal crops
Principle of grass seed production
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Introduction
Components of seed yield
Harvest index
Cultivation practices of common annual and perennial fodder/grasses and legumes
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Introduction
Oats
Sorghum/Jawar
Bajra
Teosinte
Maize
Napier grass
Blue panic
Molasses
Mulato
Stylosanthes
Berseem
Lucera
Joint vetch
Cultivation, establishment and yield of common pasture species
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Introduction
Common pasture grasses
Perennial ryegrass
Cocksfoot
Tall fescue
Phalaris
White clover
Red clover
Pasture establishment, Management of pasture and nutrition of grazing animal
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Introduction
Seed quality
The soil environment and sowing
Factors affecting successful establishment
Nutritive value of pastures
Deleterious effects of pasture
Factors influencing herbage intake
Pasture and soil fertility
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Introduction
Pasture growth and fertilizer
Preservation and conservation of fodder/forage
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Silage
Making silage in clamp
Making Tower Silage
Hay making
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About Lesson

Major concerns and scope of fodder

  • Nepal, annually send more than Rs 1000 crore to buy meat from India.
  • The animal output is very low in Nepal. Average milk production of Nepal indigenous cattle is estimated 880 liter/cow/year, whereas of buffalo is 1158 liter/buffalo/year.
  • The tenth Five-year Plan targeted to achieve 303,000 MT meat and 1,154,000 MT respectively.
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