Crop and livestock productivity, soil health improvement and insect dynamics: Impact of different fodder-based cropping systems in a rainfed region of India

V. Visha Kumari, S.S. Balloli, D.B.V. Ramana, Manoranjan Kumar, V. Maruthi, M. Prabhakar, M. Osman, A.K. Indoria, M. Manjunath, G. Ravindra Chary, K.A. Gopinath, G. Venkatesh, G. Sujatha, Purabi Banerjee, S.K. Yadav, V.K. Singh and J. Timsina

Agricultural Systems, 2023, vol. 208, issue C

Abstract: Farmers in rainfed areas of South Asia depend on livestock to augment income, and provide manure for soil and crops. However, the full potential of the livestock is not realized due to the non-availability of quality fodder. The deficit may be attributed to limitation in expansion of cultivable land as well as non-availability of fodder from the protected forest areas. It is possible to enhance the productivity of the livestock by crop-livestock systems.

Keywords: Perennial fodder; Crop diversity; Soil runoff; Small ruminants; Average daily gain; Pest dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103646

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