Demographics of Fodder Growers and Fodder Production in TripuraIndia

The book covers the applied areas of demographics of fodder growers or cultivators and production of fodder which are becoming significant due to the insufficiency of fodder in few South-East Asia nations. In this regards India assists 20% of the livestock population of the world covering 2.3% geographical area. Moreover the livestock sector contributes almost 32% of agriculture output in India. Basically fodder is required to feed livestock. But presently India is facing huge deficit of fodder and it is projected that in future also the deficits of fodder will continue. Under these conditions this book mainly focuses on demographic profiles socio-economic characteristics of fodder cultivators or producer’s and production of fodder in Tripura. Keeping all these in view the purposes of the study covered in the book are to examine demographic profiles socio-economic characteristics of fodder cultivators or producer’sthe present status of fodder production systems cost of production of green fodder role of women in production of green fodder constraints faced by the farmers or producers of fodder in Tripura India.