Khan, H S SNayak, Parameshwarappa U2019-08-142019-08-142002No. of references72http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810121574"Fodder is the life of catties, Indian fodder resources are able to meet only 46.60% of the requirement. The major portion was contributed by the crop residues viz., maize, sorghum, wheat, ragi etc. In Karnataka, an increasing trend of fodder production has been observed during the last decade. Further, the growth achieved is different in different points of time and region. Keeping in view, the importance of fodder production in Karnataka, the study was carried out to evolve the efficient management of fodder in dairy forms to bridge demand and supply gap and increase the fodder production. The study was also carried out and estimate the demand and supply of fodder in Karnataka and analyse the cost and return structure in production. Some important marketing channels and constrains in production and marketing of fodder were identified. The study was conducted in Dharwad district of Karnataka and was based on both primary and secondary data. The primary data for the year 2000-01 were collected through personal interviews from 45 farmers and 15 middlemen. The secondary time series data on availability and requirement of fodder (from 1989-90 to 1998-99) were collected from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics. The data were analysed using simple linear regression and tabular analysis. The results indicated that demand for green fodder increased at an average of 91% but supply increased at 1.81%. The gap between the demand and supply of cultivated green fodder was 92.27% in 2002-03 and it is supposed to increase at 92.95% by 2010-11 A.D. Whereas, it was 24.69% for dry fodder in 2002-03 iirul is suppo.scul lo increase at 21.05% by 2010-11. Cost and return estimation revealed that variable cost accounts for 75% of total cost. The two important marketing channels were identified. In channel-I, the producers sell their fodder directly to consumer while in channel-II, the producers sell their fodder to consumer through village-merchant cum commission agents. The marketing cost involved in channel-II was more than in channeI-1."ennullThesis