Research Article | Published: 01 August 2021

Tree Species used as Fodder in Madhya Pradesh, India

R. L. S. Sikarwar, Arjun Prasad Tiwari, Arti Garg, Pooja Singh Sikarwar, N. M. Guruprasad and Praveen Chandra Dubey

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 27 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 178-186 | 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2021-M14PF4 | Cite this article

Abstract

The intricate dependence of cattle on agriculture resources for their population sustenance, which in turn, is a subsidiary source of income and supplementary insurance of people to maintain equilibrium of the social demography, mainly during collapse in crop yields. In such conditions, cattle raisers are forced to utilize alternate fodder resources from trees growing in vicinity which may lead to their over exploitation and population shrinkage. Identification and recognition of such trees is therefore necessary for population sustenance of both cattle and their fodder resources to avert imbalance in the community structure. The present paper enumerates 132 tree species as potential cattle fodder resources of Madhya Pradesh having highest cattle population in India.

Keywords

Agroforestry, Farming systems, Feed sources, Livestock

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Sikarwar, R.L.S., Tiwari, A.P., Garg, A., Sikarwar, P.S., Guruprasad, N.M. and Dubey, P.C., 2020. Tree Species used as Fodder in Madhya Pradesh, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 27(3), pp.178-186. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2021-M14PF4

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 31 January 2021

Manuscript Revised on 31 March 2021

Manuscript Accepted on 02 April 2021

Manuscript Published on 01 August 2021

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