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Dairying is an integral part of small-holder farming systems as well as an important source of subsidiary income for most households in Bihar, India and most farmers keep 2-3 cattle. Nevertheless, the per-capita milk availability in Bihar is very low (175 g/d) compared to the Indian average (290 g/d) in 2011-12 as productivity is low, mainly because current feeding is based mainly on crop residues (wheat and rice straw). Constraints to improving these feeding practices include limited farm resources, weak support services and poor knowledge on nutrient requirements and contents. The present study examines the effect of a balanced concentrate feed on livestock productivity in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur districts of Bihar, in comparison to existing feeding practices.
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An analysis of dissemina.on of livestock feed technology: The case of Bihar in Eastern India Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Braja Swain and Nils Teufel
v Dairy farming in Bihar is a major source of income for small-‐scale and marginal farmers. v There are constraints to effec:ve transforma:on of dairy produc:on from a subsistence-‐oriented to a profitable commercial
venture. v High cost of commercial feed along with low quality of available feed hinders animal produc:vity and limits economic returns
from dairy produc:on. v ILRI’s laboratory analysis indicates quality limita:ons especially in metabolizeable energy and diges:bility of available feed
resources. v To increase availability of quality feed, ILRI has formulated a balanced concentrate feed based on locally available ingredients/
resources in 2011-‐12. v With support from the Cereal Systems Ini:a:ve for South Asia (CSISA) project and in collabora:on with na:onal partners, a series
of training and demonstra:on ac:vi:es was implemented to disseminate this feed technology in CSISA-‐Bihar hub sites. v This study presents the results from the analysis of data on adop:on and dissemina:on of this feed technology.
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v 20% of farmers who have par:cipated in training are using the ILRI-‐CSISA promoted feed compared to 6% of the non-‐par:cipants.
v Among non-‐par:cipant sample farmers, 28% have heard about ILRI-‐CSISA promoted feed. v Neighbors are main source of informa:on about the technology among farmers who did not par:cipate in training, followed by
CSISA project field staff. v Par:cipant farmers have shared the informa:on on how to prepare the ILRI-‐CSISA promoted feed to more than 1200 farmers. v Knowledge of most of farmers on concentrate feed has improved aXer the training. v Improving awareness of this feed technology through training and demonstra:on ac:vi:es will facilitate increased adop:on
among dairy farmers in Bihar.
Dhiraj Kumar Singh Interna:onal Livestock Research Ins:tute (ILRI) [email protected] ● 9th Floor, Aggarwal Corporate Tower, Rajendra Place, New Delhi, India ● +91 11 6621 9320 www.ilri.org Acknowledgements: Funding support from the Cereal System Ini:a:ves in South Asia (CSISA) Project and the Interna:onal Livestock Research Ins:tute (ILRI)
This document is licensed for use under a Crea:ve Commons Aaribu:on –Non commercial-‐Share Alike 3.0 Unported License September 2014
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v Two stage sampling method (stra:fied and random) was followed to select the 360 farm households in two blocks of Smas:pur, Bihar
v Out of 360 surveyed households, 159 par:cipated in training or trials while the others did not. v Data were collected using structured ques:onnaires and processed using SurveyBe soXware. v Descrip:ve sta:s:cal analysis was used to analyze the survey data.
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The results indicate that the rate of adop:on of ILRI-‐CSISA feed technology is low
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