date:Jul 19, 2012
ired. However, the present shortage of feed and fodder in the country is as much as 40 per cent and fodder is being cultivated only on 4 per cent of the total cropping area, which is not adequate to meet the requirement of fodder.
Pawar called for alternative approaches to increase availability of fodder, more so looking at the current scenario of deficient rainfall in some states. He informed that the deficient rains, especially in Maharashtra and Karnataka, have resulted shortage of fodder in