Nepal livestock feed balance and strategies to address the feed deficit / S. B. Singh in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University, Volume 3 (2019)  

Public ISBD [article]  inJournal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 3 (2019) . - 159-171 p. Title : Nepal livestock feed balance and strategies to address the feed deficit Material Type: printed text Authors: S. B. Singh, Author ; N. Singh, Author Publication Date: 2020 Article on page: 159-171 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Livestock Units, ecological belts, province, land leasing Abstract: A study was done in 2019 with the objective of assessing the livestock feed balance in Nepal. The land use data generated by ICIMOD in 2010 was utilized to asses the land resources, and the Land Resource Mapping Project (LRMP) (1986) remained the main source of data to estimate the Total Digestible Nutrient (TDN) supplies from forests, shrub lands, grasslands, croplands (including weeds), and barren lands, plus kitchen wastes as animal feeds. Crop data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) (2016/17) were utilized to estimate the TDN supply from crop residues and milling byproducts and the livestock data to estimate livestock feed requirements. The findings revealed that there have been significant increases in livestock population and their TDN requirements since 80’s, but greater increases could be observed in TDN supply from crop by-products and milling by-products due to increased food crop production. Consequently, the deficit feed balance (TDN) at national level has dropped from 30.9% in the 1980’s to 20.05% in 2016/17. By ecological belt, the feed deficit was the highest in the mid hills (-24.09%) followed by terai (-18.91%). The feed situation in the high hills was not too poor (-3.56%). Province one, and three were at severe situation of feed deficit, at -30.48%, and -38.44%, respectively. Feed deficit in the remaining provinces ranged from -9.19% to -15.85%, but a positive balance exists in province six (+6.35%). Recommendations are made to improve livestock feed balance in the country Link for e-copy: https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/18.%20Nepal%20livestock%20feed%20balance% [...] [article] Nepal livestock feed balance and strategies to address the feed deficit [printed text] / S. B. Singh, Author ; N. Singh, Author . - 2020 . - 159-171 p. Languages : English (eng) in Journal of Agriculture and Forestry University > Volume 3 (2019) . - 159-171 p. Keywords: Livestock Units, ecological belts, province, land leasing Abstract: A study was done in 2019 with the objective of assessing the livestock feed balance in Nepal. The land use data generated by ICIMOD in 2010 was utilized to asses the land resources, and the Land Resource Mapping Project (LRMP) (1986) remained the main source of data to estimate the Total Digestible Nutrient (TDN) supplies from forests, shrub lands, grasslands, croplands (including weeds), and barren lands, plus kitchen wastes as animal feeds. Crop data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD) (2016/17) were utilized to estimate the TDN supply from crop residues and milling byproducts and the livestock data to estimate livestock feed requirements. The findings revealed that there have been significant increases in livestock population and their TDN requirements since 80’s, but greater increases could be observed in TDN supply from crop by-products and milling by-products due to increased food crop production. Consequently, the deficit feed balance (TDN) at national level has dropped from 30.9% in the 1980’s to 20.05% in 2016/17. By ecological belt, the feed deficit was the highest in the mid hills (-24.09%) followed by terai (-18.91%). The feed situation in the high hills was not too poor (-3.56%). Province one, and three were at severe situation of feed deficit, at -30.48%, and -38.44%, respectively. Feed deficit in the remaining provinces ranged from -9.19% to -15.85%, but a positive balance exists in province six (+6.35%). Recommendations are made to improve livestock feed balance in the country Link for e-copy: https://afu.edu.np/sites/default/files/18.%20Nepal%20livestock%20feed%20balance% [...]