Fodder Production and Livestock Rearing in Relation to Climate Change and Possible Adaptation Measures in Manaslu Conservation Area, Nepal

Dhakal, Bhojan; Devkota, Naba Raj; Subedi, Sabita; Upreti, Chet R.; Sapkota, M.

doi:10.3126/ijasbt.v7i2.23973

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“…Changing of feed resources based on availability and cost, purchasing of feed ingredients in bulk, using crop/food wastes, harvesting of forages growing naturally in open access lands and reducing herd size were strategies used for coping with feed scarcity among urban and peri-urban livestock farmers in Kampala, Uganda [48]. The fact that respondents in the current study destocked their animals as coping strategy to feed scarcity concurs with that of Dhakal et al [49] who observed that farmers in Nepal reduced their livestock during feed scarcity. The results of the study suggest the need for improving the utilization of locally available conventional and non-conventional feed resources, grazing land management, adoption of rotational grazing, feed conservation (hay and crop residues), supplementation of poor quality crop residues and dry natural pastures, improving crop residues quality, forage cultivation where land is not a limit or integration with cereal crops for providing feed for animal, and food and fuel wood for humans without reducing land for crop production seems to be essential intervention for coping with dry season feed scarcity.…”

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Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources and Coping Strategies with Dry Season Feed Scarcity in Mixed Crop–Livestock Farming Systems around the Gilgel Gibe Catchment, Southwest Ethiopia

Duguma

Janssens

2021

Sustainability

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In the current study area, livestock are an integral part of the mixed farming system, and play very important roles as sources of draught power, nutrition, cash income, employment and poverty alleviation. However, feed shortage, especially during the dry season, is the most important constraint to optimal productivity. This study aimed to investigate livestock feed resources and feeding practices, coping strategies with seasonal scarcity, and to identify major constraints to livestock production in a mixed farming system around the Gilgel Gibe catchment, southwest Ethiopia. Data were collected from 342 households using a structured questionnaire. The results showed natural pasture, crop residues, stubble grazing, and roadside grasses were the main feed resources, in that order. None of the respondents practiced improved forage cultivation due to insufficient land and lack of knowledge on forage production and utilization. Free grazing was the most predominant feeding system. Almost all respondents experienced dry season feed scarcity. Conserving crop residues and hay, purchasing roughages, reducing herd size and renting grazing land were the major coping strategies to feed scarcity. The farmers’ perceived major constraints to livestock production were feed shortage, animal diseases, and low productivity of local breeds. Institutional, technical and technological interventions are suggested to alleviate the constraints to livestock production in mixed crop-livestock systems in the study area and outside with similar settings.

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Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources and Coping Strategies with Dry Season Feed Scarcity in Mixed Crop–Livestock Farming Systems around the Gilgel Gibe Catchment, Southwest Ethiopia

Duguma

Janssens

2021

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“…The dry matter and ash contents were significantly varied among the altitudes. Dhakal et al [44] also reported that dry mater and ash contents of Melia azadarch, Morus alba, Ficus roxburghii, and Ficus nemoralis were significantly varied among the altitudes. Potassium, calcium, crude protein, and starch increased significantly in C. australis foliage with increasing altitude, whereas, dry matter, phosphorus, and soluble sugars decreased with increasing altitude in C. australis foliage (Table 2).…”

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Seasonal and Altitudinal Variation in Chemical Composition of Celtis australis L. Tree Foliage

Singh

Kumar

Pinto

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Celtis australis is an important agroforestry tree in the Himalayan region providing major fodder to the livestock and many other needs for sustaining life in local rural communities. Including their fodder value and wide altitudinal distribution ranges, it is extracted by the villagers in large scale during the lean period (May to June). Thus, the aim was to understand the nutritive values of the species influenced by the altitude and harvesting season. For this investigation, leaves of C. australis were collected from four different altitudes during the months of February to December. The nutritive value of collected foliage, i.e., dry matter, ash, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, crude protein, crude fiber, starch, sugar, and phenolic were estimated by using stranded methods. The results of present study reveal that significant seasonal variations have been observed for the chemical composition of C. australis tree foliage collected from different altitudes. On an average, between seasons, crude protein ranged from 9.17 to 16.97%, phosphorus 0.08 to 0.16%, potassium 0.28 to 0.76%, crude fiber 13.94 to 19.80%, sugars 1.11 to 1.83%, and starch 4.79 to 6.53%. Altitude also significantly influenced nutritive content. Between altitudes, phosphorus ranged from 0.10 to 0.11%, potassium 0.42 to 0.50%, crude protein 12.66 to 14.02%, crude fiber 1.61 to 1.71%, sugars 1.45 to 1.66%, starch 4.71 to 6.31%, and phenolic 0.43 to 0.78%. Potassium, calcium, crude protein, and starch were significantly positively correlated with altitude of foliage collection. However, dry matter content, phosphorus, and soluble sugars, significantly correlated inversely with altitude.

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“…This In Nepal's forage production sector, maintaining proper irrigation in accordance with plant requirements is a constant challenge [1], [2]. The problems are primarily present in major cereals, and minor crops like oat and other seasonal forages are experiencing the same problems [3].…”

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Effect of Different Irrigation Patterns on Oat-Vetch Mixed Forage Production System in Rasuwa, Mid Hills of Nepal

Dhakal¹,

Poudel²,

Shah³

2023

IJRASET

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The scarcity of forage resources, particularly in Nepal's midhills, poses a challenge to the sustainable development of livestock production. In order to address issues, an experiment was carried out in 2020 at Kalika Municipality in Rasuwa District, Nepal, to determine the best forage combinations in terms of total dry matter productivity. With irrigation as a main plot effect, a 4*3 factorial RCB design was used with four replications. Crop species included oat (Avena sativa, Kamdhenu), common vetch (Vicia sativa), and combinations of oat and vetch within a sub plot. Irrigation treatments included none, once per month (30-day interval), twice per month (15-day interval), and three times per month (10-day interval). Temperature and precipitation data from nearby stations were taken from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. The first harvest was taken after 65 days of sowing (DAS), with consecutive harvests after 35 days of the initial harvest. The experimental findings revealed that the first, second, and total dry matter production were altogether found highest in the three times irrigated plot (2.47±0.25, 1.38±0.21, 3.85±0.46 respectively) and lowest in the rainfed condition (1.37±0.22, 0.69±0.12, 2.07±0.33 ton/ha respectively) with statistically highly significant result (p<0.001). The oat and vetch mixed cropping pattern had statistically higher dry matter production in the first (2.66 0.14 ton/ha), second (1.5 0.13 ton/ha), and overall average total production of (4.16 0.25 ton/ha), among the subplot effect (species). Additionally, among the subplot effects, the oat and vetch mixed cropping had the highest dry matter production in terms of first harvest yield, regrowth, and overall yield (p<0.01). Oat sole cropping could be replaced with mixed cropping of oat and vetch at a ratio of 50:50 (50:10 kg ha-1) because it produced the highest yield advantage, including forage quality. These findings provide scientific support for common vetch-oat intercropping as a sustainable approach to increase forage production with 10-day irrigation interval. These mixtures appear promising for the development of sustainable crop production with low external input and higher economic yield, and they can be used as a viable option by farmers in rainfed mid-hills of Nepal

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Fodder Production and Livestock Rearing in Relation to Climate Change and Possible Adaptation Measures in Manaslu Conservation Area, Nepal

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources and Coping Strategies with Dry Season Feed Scarcity in Mixed Crop–Livestock Farming Systems around the Gilgel Gibe Catchment, Southwest Ethiopia

Assessment of Livestock Feed Resources and Coping Strategies with Dry Season Feed Scarcity in Mixed Crop–Livestock Farming Systems around the Gilgel Gibe Catchment, Southwest Ethiopia

Seasonal and Altitudinal Variation in Chemical Composition of Celtis australis L. Tree Foliage

Effect of Different Irrigation Patterns on Oat-Vetch Mixed Forage Production System in Rasuwa, Mid Hills of Nepal

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