Year: 2022 | Month: June | Volume 15 | Issue 2
Fodder Diversity, Availability and Utilization Pattern in Western Himalayas
Chander Shekhar
Sarthak Verma
Akhilesh Kumar Mishra
Vishwajeet Singh
Sunil Prakash
Pankaj Lal
DOI:10.30954/0974-1712.02.2022.10
Abstract:
Trees have been used for centuries for fodder globally. Tree foliage is substantial source of feed for livestock. As in many other regions of the world, farmers in the Himalaya region depend largely on this for sustaining their livestock during winter and summer season for almost half of the year. Himalayas are remote and inaccessible; people’s dependency relies mainly on forests resources to fulfill livelihood services. Fodder availability in hill villages of Uttarakhand Himalayan region is insufficient and a part of it is supplemented through lopping of tree foliage. The dependency is very high (>70%) during the period, beginning from October to February. Owing to changing climatic conditions, a farmer’s preference for a particular tree species is also variable, according to the low, mid and high hill regions depending on where he lives. For the present study, a Questionnaire survey was conducted in different districts of Kumaon and Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.
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Highlights
- To quantify various fodder species in Uttarakhand Himalayas.
- To conduct survey to understand utilization pattern in Uttarakhand Himalayas.
- To assess preference of people according to elevation and season.
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