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Economics of Livestock Production and

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poultry Iiner; and the feed supplementation with molasses and

urea that are cheap sources of energy and nitrogen.1Y Sial et.

a!. (1988) have further pointed out that straw treatment with

alkali could increase its nutritive Vii.1ueby about 20'ft -30'Jr; one

kg of molasses per animal per day has been estimated to make

available up to 0.80 kg of TON per animal per day. However,

the farm households who maintain most of the livestock do not

have the needed resources and technical know how to adopt these

technologies.A c10sel il)ok at the Department of agricultural extension

reveals that act ivities of the extt'nsion workers, if any, are mostly

concentrated on food and cash crops for the dissemination of

~cientific knowledge to enhance crop productivities. Green

fodders, as important inputs of the livestock sector, do not

rect:ive much attention in their scheme of activities. There exists

an enormous unreal ized potential even in the case of existing

fodder crops. Table 2.2 shows that in the case of Sorghum the

farmers are exploiting only 36 percent of the potential yield

obtained at the research stations. Present farm level yields can

be imprmed upto 44 percent, 38 percent, SO percent and SO.percent in the cases of Berseem. Maize, B. N. Hybrid and S. S.

Hybrid. respectively with proper dissemination of extension

ad\'ice to the farmers.

,'ISla!. M.A .. M. Z. Alam and G. Ali. (1988). LivestockFeed Resources and Requirement Scenario of Pakistan. Oa'iryProduction Potential and Challenges, Proceedings of a National

- ~eminar Held in Faisalabad, 29-30 May.

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Table 2.2 Producti\ itv levels of various fodder crops

Source: Chaudhry. M. H. (1983). Developments in FodderProduction in Punjab. Progressive Farming, Vol. 3, NO.4.

Farmers Field (MT)Research Stations (MT/acre)Crops

Berseem 50.00 22.20Sorghum 25.90 9.25tvlaize 29.60 11. 10B.N. Hybrid 60.00 30.005.5. Hvbrid 50.00 25.00

<O\10hammad, N., Rakhshan Rohi and C. M. Anwar Khan(1985). Desert Rangeland Rehabilitation in Pakistan. PakistanAgriculrure. July 1985.

Most of our livestock is presently being supported by.rangelands. For example. Sheep and Goats obtain more than 60percenr. of their feed from rangeland; 40 perCent of feed forhorses. donkeys and Camels; an.d 5 percent Cattle feed intakecomes from this source, which sums to 13 percent of the totalfeed available for rhe livestock.lO Moreover, grazing ofriverain areas and tlood plains also contribute a significantamounr of TON. JI Co'nsequently, there is a strong need to

lIF\O/World Bank (1974). Pakistan Livestock Surveyl~ep()n. Rome.

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