Technologies
Title: | Fodder production in mango orchards |
Area: | Agricultural Sciences |
Sub Area: | Fruit science |
Focus Area: | Horticulture |
Developing Agency: | Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute (IGFRI), Jhansi |
Technology Readiness Index: | Technology developed |
Email: | igfri_jhansi@yahoo.co.in |
| Website Link : | http://www.igfri.res.in/Proven%20Technologies9.aspx |
Brief Description
Description : | The common mango planting distance followed is 10 m by 10 m giving minimum 7-8 m inter space for introducing fodder crops. Karnataka has an estimated 90,000 ha in prime fruiting mango crop which if put under fodder crops (Bajra Napier Hybrid, Guinea, Perennial fodder sorghum) is estimated to produce 39.5 lakh tons of green fodder in a year meeting more than 7 lakh livestock’s green fodder requirement round the year |