Development of national feed inventory and feeding interventions to enhance livestock productivity in India K.T.Sampath and S.Anandan National institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore, India. . FAP Symposium on Feed in Smallholder Systems Luang Prabang, Laos, 18-19 November 2010

Extraction rates for different feed resources * % of total production, Oilseeds – 70% as cakes Crop Residues (ratio) Grains/cake(%) Bran/husk(%) Rice 1.3 2.0 8.0 Wheat 1.0 2.0 8.0 Sorghum 2.5 5.0 Maize 2.5 10.0 Pearl millet 2.5 5.0 Pulses 1.7 - 3.0 Groundnut 2.0 - Sugarcane 0.25 Coconut 0.0625 Cotton 0.0499 Oilcakes 70

Interventions in feeding practices Bypass protein – Milk cooperatives Area specific mineral mixtures - Commercialization Strategic supplementation – energy supplements protein supplements Fodder production - 5% of cropped area, constraints Compounded cattle feed, complete feed, chaffing

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