Theory
Unit I
Adaptation, distribution, varietal improvement, agro-techniques and quality aspects including anti-quality factors of important fodder crops like sorghum, maize, bajra, guar, cowpea, oats, barley, berseem, senji, lucerne, etc.
Unit II
Adaptation, distribution, varietal improvement, agro-techniques and quality aspects including anti-quality factors of important forage crops/grasseslime, Napier grass, Panicum, Lasiuras, Cenchrus, etc.
Unit III
Year-round fodder production and management, preservation and utilization of forage and pasture crops.
Unit IV
Principles and methods of hay and silage making; chemical and biochemical changes, nutrient losses and factors affecting quality of hay and silage; use of physical and chemical enrichments and biological methods for improving nutrition; value addition of poor quality fodder. Fodder production through hydroponics. Azolla cultivation.
Unit V
Economics of forage cultivation, uses and seed production techniques of important fodder crops.