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Conventional and Non-conventional Feed, Fodder and Forage for Cattle During Normal and Stress Conditions in Bangladesh

M. Fazlul Haq
On-Farm Research Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Joydebpur

M.Z. Abedin
On-Farm Research Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Joydebpur

M.K. Islam
On-Farm Research Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Joydebpur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A survey on conventional and non-conventional Cattle Feeds during normal and drought/flood conditions in Bangladesh was conducted in eight Farming System Research sites of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute across different agro-ecological region. The study revealed that there was an overall shortage of feed and fodder particularly of green grass in all the study sites. Most of the farmers in all the locations used rice straw either from their own stock or purchased from the market. Some farmers used other feeds like oil cake, pulses bran, green manure of bamboo, Acacia and Jackfruit during crisis period. Tangail was found to be an exceptional area where the rice straw availability was short. Flood was the cause of feed and fodder shortage in Jamalpur site.

Keywords: Feed, Conventional, Non-conventional, Stress, Agro-ecology

Location: Saroil, Rajshahi, (ii) Narhatta, Bogra, (iii) Janokinathpur, Rangpur, (iv) Narikeli, Jamalpur, (v) Palima, Tangail, (vi) Bagherpara, Jessore, (vii) Lebukhali, Patuakhali and (viii) Hathazari, Chittagong.

Start Date: 01-01-1989

End Date: 31-12-1989

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Cattle

Objectives:

Though quite a lot of information is available on the overall feed/fodder situation, the nature of shortage during the period of crisis and the way the farmers cope with the adverse situation have not been adequately studied and documented. The present study was attempted to generate some more knowledge in this aspect.

Methodology:

A survey on "Conventional and Non-conventional Cattle Feeds during Normal and Stress Conditions in Bangladesh" was conducted in eight Farming System Research sites of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute located at different agro-ecological regions. The sites are (i) Saroil, Rajshahi, (ii) Narhatta, Bogra, (iii) Janokinathpur, Rangpur, (iv) Narikeli, Jamalpur, (v) Palima, Tangail, (vi) Bagherpara, Jessore, (vii) Lebukhali, Patuakhali and (viii) Hathazari, Chittagong. Each site consists of a cluster of villages within a radius of about two miles. Twenty randomly selected farmers from each site were interviewed using a predesigned questionnaire. When climate factors, particularly rainfall and flooding do not vary abruptly from the long term average of a place in any season within a year, it has been considered as the normal conditions for that place. Drought or flood have been taken as the stress conditions in the present study.0

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agril. Sci. 22(2): 237-240. July. 1995

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Achievement/Findings:

The animals were, therefore, ill-fed. Shortage of animal feed was acute during June-October at Bogra, Rangpur and Patuakhali; and July October at Rajshahi and Jamalpur. It was also found acute during mid July-mid November at Hathazari. The longest period of shortage ( 180 d from March-mid September) was found at Tangail FSR site. Mild level of shortage occurred during mid December-mid March at Tangail and Rangpur, February-April at Bogra and Hathazari, November-May at Rajshahi and Jamalpur; and during January-March at Patuakhali FSR sites. In Jessore and lshurdi, maximum shortage was found from April-July The shortage of feed and fodder caused the emaciation of cattle in most of the deficit areas. The period of shortage could be linked to ecological conditions affecting crop and other biomass production. Barind Tract, with the most acute shortage, received the lowest rainfall. Similarly, Tangail farmers reported shortage of feed almost throughout the year in the flood prone area.

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