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Research
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Perennial fodder grasses as intercrop in areca and coconut
gardens -
R. Jayashree and A. Suneetha
Vet World. 2010; 3(2): 68-70
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to encourage the farmers to
cultivate fodder grasses as an intercrop in the areca and
coconut gardens. A live demonstration of fodder crops was under
taken in 12 villages of Bhadravathi taluk, Shimoga district,
Karnataka, to educate the farmers in cultivating perennial
fodder grasses in their areca and coconut gardens as inter
crops.100 farmers were selected randomly from the 12 villages
for demonstration of intercropping of fodder grass. Amongst
these 58% of the farmers could achieve success by transplanting
the fodder grass seedlings to areca & coconut gardens as
intercrop. In 6 villages the success rate was to the tune of
60-80%, 4 villages were in the range of 40-60% and the remaining
2 villages showed less than 40% success. The success of the
program depended on the necessity for fodder crops or the
association of the farmers with Dairy co-operative societies.
Keywords: Perennial Fodder Grasses, Crop, Coconut, Areca,
Farmer.
