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100 g/head/day

240 g/head/day

1 million tonnes
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7,122 million tonnes

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12 eggs/head/year

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224.08 m tonnes

611.99 m tonnes

387.91 m tonnes

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231.05 m tonnes

869.79 m tonnes

638.74 m tonnes

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31.6 m tonnes

65.4 m tonnes

81.8 m tonnes

Area under Fodder

Fodder
Crops

Permanent
pastures and
other grazing
land

India

93.8 Lakh Ha

110.4 Lakh Ha

Tamil Nadu

1.7 Lakh Ha

1.1Lakh Ha

2883 ha.

96 ha.

Kerala

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Highly palatable grass

high dry matter content (15%-20%)
free from all toxic principles.
Protein 6-8 percent, with well balanced calcium and
phosphorus.
Good soil binder.
Harvest can be done once in 30-40 days.
Can be grazed, cut and fed used for hay silage
Making, Ideal for sewage forming.

NAPIER GRASS
Pennisetum purpureum(elephant grass)
Native of Zimbabwe in South Africa
It grows up to four meters with thick growth Introduced to India by about 1915 in Bombay.
Perennial grass, protien 6-8%- V {
good for hay making
comes up well in sewage water.

CUMBU NAPIER HYBRID

(Bajra x Napier)-BN hybrid
(Napier x Bajra)- NB hybrid
Cumbu Napier hybrid was the first hybrid, which was
produced at Coimbatore, followed by Pusa Giant
Napier at New Delhi. Later Further improved types in
other states.
Propagated by root slips or stem cutting are very
vigorous in their growth and highly adaptable.
High yielders, nutritious, palatable, succulent,
juicy, Less fibrous fodder. Protein 8-10%.

Rich in protein
can be fed to animals in small quantity(5-10 kg/day
depending on body weight).
Rich in vitamins.
Easily digestible and highly palatable.
Combines well with other grasses in mixed or
intercropping conditions so a balanced diet is made.

LUCERNE
Medicago sativa(kudirai masal)

Its called as queen of forage crops.

Can be grown for 2-3 yrs in the same field.
Harvest can be taken once in 30 days.
Rich in protien (20%).
3-5 kg/day legume has to be cut and fed at the time
of flowering when it will have high protein.
It is suitable for hay making.
Rich in calcium, phosphorus and high carotene and
vitamin.
Lucerne meal used in cattle and poultry feed.

Cowpea CO(FC) 8

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Highly palatable
High nutrition
High in Protein Content (up to 10% CP)
Good for hay making
Can be grown in dry lands mixed with sorghum,
cumbu or maize.

Cowpea CO(FC) 8
Seed Rate

: 25 kg/ha

Spacing

: 30 x 15 cm

Fertilizers

: 25:40:20 kg NPK/ha

Harvest

: Harvest 50 - 55 days after sowing

(50% flowering stage).

Green Fodder Yield

: Irrigated : 20-30 t/ha

Rainfed : 10-15 t/ha

Fodder Cumbu CO 8

Fodder Cumbu CO 8
Seed Rate

: 10 kg/ha

Spacing

: 25 x 10 cm

Fertilizers

: 50:20:12 N, P and K kg/ha

Harvest

: 40 - 45 days after sowing

Green Fodder Yield

: 25-30 t/ha

Multicut Fodder Sorghum CO(FS) 29

Multicut Fodder Sorghum CO(FS) 29

Seed Rate

: 5 kg/ha

Spacing

: 30 x 10 cm

Fertilizers

: 90 : 40: 40 kg N, P and K / ha

Harvest

: Harvest at 50% flowering for fodder

Green Fodder Yield

:160-170 t/ha/year in five harvests

Crude protein

: 8.41%

Dry matter

: 23.6%

Cumbu Napier Hybrid Grass CO(CN)4

Cumbu Napier Hybrid Grass CO(CN)4

Seed Rate

: 40000 stem cuttings/ha

Spacing

: 50 x 50 cm

Fertilizers

: 150 : 50: 50 NPK kg/ha

Harvest

: First cut at 80 days after planting and

subsequent cuts at 45 days interval.

Green Fodder Yield

: 382 t/ha/year

Crude protein

: 10.65% (dGX)

Dry matter

: 17.08%

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Latest varieties
Cumbu Napier Hybrid grass
CO (CN) 4 2008

Special features
Inter-specific hybridization between
Pennisetum
glaucum
and
P.
purpureum Schumach (CO 8 x FD 461)
High green fodder yield 382 t/ha/yr
as against CO 3 (287 t/ha/yr)
32.9% increased green fodder yield
over the check variety CO 3

 Profuse tillering (30-40/clump) as against CO 3 (25-30)

 Ultra soft juicy stem with 3.4% Brix as against CO 3 (2.4%)

 Visible white powdery coating on stem as a

distinguishing feature; absent in CO 3

 Green, conspicuous prop roots encircling each node unlike CO 3,

ensuring quick regeneration

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Guinea Grass CO(GG) 3

Guinea grass CO(GG)3

Seed Rate

: 40000 Rooted slips/ha

Spacing

: 50 x 50 cm

Fertilizers

: 100 : 50: 40 NPK kg/ha

Harvest

: First cut at 75 days after

planting and subsequent cuts at
45 days interval

Green Fodder Yield: 424 t/ha/year

Guinea Grass CO (GG) 3

2009

Special features
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Mumbasa, a collection from
Africa
High green fodder
(423.57 t/ha/yr)

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