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National level e-symposium on “Agroforestry system for augmenting livestock
productivity and empowering resource poor rural farmers”
(v) Strengthening coordination among different stakeholders involving agricultural and rural
development agencies, along with ensuring implementation of National Agroforestry Policy to the
desired extent for a healthy livestock based system.
The government must play a proactive role in promoting fodder cultivation so that the increase in
milk production is sustained in the long run. Initiatives such as creating fodder cooperatives, increasing the
common grazing lands for an adequate supply of feed and fodder for the milch animals, which could sustain
the milk production. Water irrigation cooperatives could be linked to the fodder cooperatives for adequate
water supply for fodder production.
Acknowledgement
The author of this key note address thankfully acknowledges AICRP on Agroforestry and all the authors
who have placed their findings on agroforestry and other related subjects, in the public domain and thus, used
in the present paper.
62 Institute of Animal Nutrition, Centre for Animal Production Studies, TANUVAS
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
