Fodder Production and Pasture Management Syllabus - Sixth Semester (BSc. AG)

Fodder Production and Pasture Management Syllabus – Sixth Semester (BSc. AG)

Course CodeANU 302
Course TitleFodder Production and Pasture Management
Credit Hour3(2+1)
Full Marks75
Theory50
Practical25

Objectives

Upon the completion of this course, the students will be able to know about the fodder production including cultivation practices, major fodder and pasture species grown and their management considering its practical application.

Syllabus of Fodder Production and Pasture Management in Bsc. Agriculture

Introduction: terminology related to fodder and pastures. Climate and soil types. Factors affecting the chemical composition and nutritive value of fodder. Fodder plant growth development and yield. Morphology of forage grasses. Cultivation practices of common annual and perennial fodder grasses and legumes. Common pasture species and their management. Pasture establishment, and nutrition of grazing animals. Preservation of fodder.

Course Outline

A. Theory

S.NTopic / Chapter NameNo. of Lectures.
11.1 Introduction; feeds and feeding situation in Nepal
1.2 Common terminology of fodder and pasture		2
22.1 Edaphic factors affecting pasture and fodder crops
2.1.1 Climate and its variation
2.1.2 Soil types
2.2 Factors associated with fodder production
2.2.1 Chemical composition and nutritive value
2.2.2 Species and varietal differences		4
33.1 Fodder plant growth, development, and yield
3.2 Morphology of forage grasses: vegetative grass tiller, and reproduction growth in forage grasses		2
4Cultivation practices of common annual and perennial fodder grasses (Oats, Jawar, Bajar, Teosinte, Maize, Napier, Blue panic, Molasses, Mulato, Para grass, Signal grass)7
5Cultivation practices of common annual and perennial fodder legumes (Siratro, Centrocema, Berseem, Lucern, Joint vetch, Desmodium, Stylosanthes, Forage peanut, Butterfly pea, and Glycine)4
6Cultivation, establishment, and yield of common pasture species (Perennial ryegrass, Cocksfoot, Tall fescue, phalaris, White clover, Red clover, Lotus, and Low fertility grasses)5
77.1 Pasture establishment; seed quality, sowing, soil environment
7.2 Cultivated seed beds and management of pasture Nutrition of grazing animals; the nutritive value of pasture, herbage intake, and composition		2
88.1 Preservation and conservation of fodder/ forage
8.1.1 Haymaking, steps, advantage,s and disadvantages
8.1.2 Silage making, process, steps, advantages, and limitations		3
Total15

B. Practical

S.NTopic / Chapter NameNo. of Lectures.
1Common features used in identifying vegetative grasses1
2Identification of seasonal fodders (grasses and legumes)1
3Identification of some common pasture grasses1
4Identification of some common pasture grasses1
5Identification of common fodder trees and common tree fodder1
6Preparation of herbarium sheet1
7Cultivation of seasonal fodder covering winter and summer seasons2
8Forage fodder sampling2
9Proximate analysis3
10Determination of green and dry matter yield1
11Determining/estimating botanical composition of the pasture mass1
Total15

References

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    Devkota and Devkota Family Publishing, Kathmandu, Nepal.P50.
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  • Pandey, K.K 1982. Fodder Tree and Tree Fodder in Nepal. Swiss Federal Institute of Forestry Research. Birmensdr of , Switzerland.
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