Sangutha, OSNarmatha, NMurali, NThirunavukkarasu, DTANUVAS2019-10-102019-10-102016http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810130588TNV_TH_2016_MVN14016Dairy 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 intensification in last two decades. As part of intensification, 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.enVeterinary ScienceThesis