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Productivity, profitability and quality of fodder-based cropping systems for year-round fodder production in shivalik foothills plains of India

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: An experiment was conducted over two consecutive years (2020-2021 and 2021-2022) at the Research Farm, Division of Agronomy, SKUAST-Jammu, India. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications. Treatments involved forage-based cropping system comprising combinations of annual cereals, perennial grasses and legume crops. Experimental results revealed that multicut sorghum + maize, along with root slips of napier planted on the field boundaries in July recorded significantly highest green forage yield. During the rabi season, berseem + oat combination with root slips of napier planted on the field boundaries in July was significantly superior to other treatments. Multicut bajra + maize -berseem + barley with stem cuttings of napier planted on the field boundaries in January recorded higher system productivity and profitability.

Source: Range Management and Agroforestry

DOI: 10.59515/rma.2025.v46.i1.18

Authors: Swati Mehta, Neetu Sharma, B. C. Sharma, Vikas Sharma, Manish Kumar, Vishal Raina, Faraaz Farooq, Joy Samuel MeCarty

Institutions: Lovely Professional University, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu

Language: English

Topic: Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4412689913

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