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of feed and fodder as feeding cost constitutes65-70% of the total cost of livestock farming.Balanced feeding alone can bring about anincrease of 30 percent in milk production. The greenfodder resources for livestock are mainly derivedfrom grazing in grass lands and pastures, foddercrops from cropped lands, weeds, bund grasses,tree leaves and mixed forages. Crop residues,mainly sorghum and paddy straws which are poor innutritive value, constitute the major fodder forlivestock. The total area available for grazing in theState is 1.10 lakh hectares.The availability of green fodder has beenrestricted to selected areas and seasons. Rapidurbanization has resulted in shrinking of grazinglands. Besides, with the increase in the pressure ofland for growing food grains, oilseeds and pulses,the gap between the demand and supply of greenfodder has very much increased. To promote fodderdevelopment, the Government have ordered not totransfer the grazing lands for other purposes unlessalternate land of the same extent is developed forgrazing in the same district. An outlay ofRs.1014.575 lakhs has been provided for fodderdevelopment during eleventh plan in the State.Based on 2004 livestock census, the deficitof green fodder in the year 2009-10 has beenworked out as 20.10% to total demand. The Statewas in comfortable position with regard toavailability of dry fodder. As against the totalrequirement of 166.80 lakh tonnes of dry fodder, thetotal availability in the State was estimated at175.609 lakh tonnes in 2008-09. However, theestimated total availability of green fodder stood at399.900 lakh tonnes and shortfall was 100.620 lakhtonnes. Keeping this in view, the department hasbeen carrying out fodder development work undervarious schemes. To enable the landless families and poorfarmers to take up animal husbandryactivities, establishment of community feedand fodder banks with the help of Self-HelpGroups are being encouraged.1415
Distribution of fodder seed minikits free ofcost is also undertaken. During Kharif andRabi seasons of 2009-10, 21,494 and 6,125minikits of fodder seeds of different cropsrespectively have been distributed tofarmers. The department has fodder seeds, slips andtree seedling Production Units in PadappaiSeed Farm and District LivestockFarms at Hosur, Chettinadu, Abishekapatti,Eachenkottai, Chinnasalem andUdhagamandalam. Cultivation of perennial high yielding foddergrass like Cumbu-Napier, Co3, Co4, Paragrass, Kolukattai grass, Guinea grass andCongo signal grass and fodder cereals likeSorghum, Maize and Bajra are beingencouraged. Cultivation of Cow pea,Stylosanthus and Co 3 grass in coconut andmango groves as inter crop is also beingencouraged. Distribution and cultivation of fodder seedminikits free of cost, fodder crops and treeseedlings cultivation in Veterinary Institutionsare being taken up in the State. Fodder slips are supplied to the interestedfarmers from these Departmental Farms foraugmenting fodder production. During 2009-10, 190.960 lakhs of fodder slips, 32.50 kgsof fodder seeds and 0.083 lakh of treeseedlings were distributed to farmers.Under TN IAMWARM Project To meet out green fodder shortage, 2,668hectares of land under Tamil NaduIrrigated Agricultural Modernization andWater-bodies Restoration and Managementproject (TN IAMWARM) have beendeveloped with fodder crops in the years2007-08 and 2008-09. During 2009-10,2,538 hectares of private land weredeveloped with fodder crops.1617
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