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    Knowledge of smallholder dairy farmers about green fodder innovations in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu
    (2019) Sangutha, OS; Narmatha, N; Uma, V, et al.,; TANUVAS
    The present study was conducted to analyze the knowledge about green fodder innovations among the smallholder dairy farmers. The smallholder dairy had been undergoing the process of intensification for the last two decades by adopting fodder based feeding system. This necessitated analyzing the prominent fodder innovations i.e., Cumbu Napier, Fodder Sorghum and Hedge Lucerne. The study was conducted in Namakkal district of Tamilnadu. Two blocks each from rainfed and irrigated areas and three villages from each block were selected purposively based on the cattle population. Atotal of 120 respondents were selected for the study. It was found that 36.66 per cent of the farmers in irrigated farming had high level of knowledge; whereas in rainfed farming more than half of the respondents (53.33 %) had low level of knowledge. Nearly two-third (61.67 %) of the respondents in irrigated farming and 41.67 per cent in rainfed farming had knowledge about the practice of recommended day of first and subsequent irrigation of Cumbu Napier. The educational status, area under green fodder cultivation, investment in dairying, land holding, experience and mass media exposure had significant positive relationship with the knowledge of dairy farmers on green fodder innovations.
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    TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT OF FODDER INNOVATIONS AMONG SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMERS IN NAMAKKAL DISTRICT
    (TANUVAS, 2016) Sangutha, OS; Narmatha, N; Murali, N; Thirunavukkarasu, D; TANUVAS
    Dairy farming is acting as one of the livelihood options for rural households. Dairy assets are the important liquidating sources during emergencies such as health, marriage etc. Increasing population, urbanization and changing consumption pattern, increased the demand for milk and milk products and it has profound impact on smallholder dairy production system. In response to that, the smallholder dairy has been undergoing the process of intensiļ¬cation in last two decades. As part of intensiļ¬cation, crop residue based feeding system is slowly being replaced With fodder based feeding system. This necessitated to analyse the fodder innovations among smallholder dairy farmers in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu.