Balanced concentrate feed field trial results in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur

Dhiraj Singh and Nils Teufel, ILRI

Balanced concentrate feed field trial results in Samastipur and Muzaffarpur

Brainstorming Session on Improving Dairy Animals Productivity through efficient Feed and Fodder Interventions in Bihar, Patna, India, 25 July 2014

Objectives

To improve the crop-livestock farming system for better livelihood of small and marginalised farmer

Improving dairy animal’s productivity by feeding balanced concentrate feed promoted by ILRI-CSISA which is prepared by locally available feed ingredients.

Improving farmer’s knowledge on feed & fodder

Improve the knowledge of nutritional benefits of underutilised residue (eg. maize stover)

Improving farmers’ knowledge of mineral mixture feeding

ILRI-CSISA Activity - BiharACTIVITY AREA

Samastipur, Muzaffarpur Vaishali, Begusarai, Ara”, Arwal

and Patna – included for 2014-15

MAIN ACTIVITY Conducting farmers’ training to

improve knowledge on feeding Promoting balance concentrate

feed, which is prepared by locally available ingredients through SHGs and farmer group’s

Mineral mixture feeding Better utilization of under-

valued Crop Residues (eg. Maize)

TARGET GROUP Focus on women SHGs

Mixing concentrate

Training in NDRI

No. of farmers trainings on feeding: 17

Participation: 1138 (M=693 F=445)

No. of demonstrations of ILRI-CSISA promoted balance concentrate feed mixing: 21

Participation: 1202 (M=730 F=472)

640 dairy farmer’s trials of ILRI-CSISA promoted balanced concentrate feed completed during 2013-14 under CSISA-Phase II

20 dairy farmer’s were trained at NDRI, Karnal to act as Local Resource Persons (LRP)

ILRI-CSISA Activity – Bihar (2013-14)

Result of feeding trials

 Blocks

Concentrate (Kg)

Milk yield (Litre)

Fat SNF

Before After Before AfterBefor

e AfterBefor

e After

Sarairanjan 3.79 3.67 9.08 10.67 3.80 4.02 7.80 8.04

Tajpur 4.58 3.53 8.66 9.72 3.18 3.94 7.97 8.32

Pusa 4.29 2.53 8.74 9.55 3.24 4.08 7.74 8.16

Muraul 3.86 3.58 8.13 9.47 3.30 3.93 7.67 8.02

Sakra 3.94 2.85 8.40 9.26 3.23 4.09 7.75 8.17

All 4.03 3.40 8.70 9.96 3.46 4.00 7.80 8.12

Change in Input & Output control and experiment- Block wise

Result of feeding trials

 BlocksConcentrat

e (Kg)Milk yield

(Litre)Fat SNF

Sarairanjan -0.12 1.58 0.42 0.48

Tajpur -1.05 1.06 1.52 0.70

Pusa -1.76 0.81 1.71 0.84

Muraul -0.28 1.34 1.25 0.70

Sakra -1.09 0.85 1.69 0.83

All -0.63 1.26 1.09 0.65

Changes in Input & Output - Block wise

Result of feeding trials

 BlocksUp to 0.5

Litre0.5-1.0 Litre

1.0-1.5 Litre

1.5-2.0 Litre

Above 2.0 Litre

Sarairanjan 3.3 11.0 31.0 36.5 18.3

Tajpur 13.5 39.5 27.0 14.5 5.5

Pusa 21.7 53.3 21.7 2.5 0.8

Muraul 10.0 31.5 21.5 17.0 20.0

Sakra 13.3 60.8 21.7 3.3 0.8

All 9.8 31.1 26.3 20.8 12.1

Distribution of farmers by milk yield increase

Result of feeding trialsChange in farmers concentrate cost and income - Block wise

Sarairanjan Tajpur Pusa Muraul Sakra All

12.8

-2.7

-18.0

9.9

-6.0-0.8

47.0 46.1

40.0

49.0

42.344.9

Change in cost of concentrate (Rs.) Gross profit (Rs.)

Estimates of milk production after adoption of ILRI-CSISA promoted Balanced Concentrate Feed Type of animals No. (million)

Milk production (tonnes/day

)

Production increase

(tonnes/day)

Crossbreed Cattle 0.63 3877 634

Indigenous Cattle 2.14 6153 1072

Buffalo 1.94 7685 972

All 4.72 17715 2677

* assumed 1 litre increase in crossbreed yield, 0.5 litre for Indigenous and buffalo.** overall milk production will increases by 15 percent.

High adoption of ILRI-CSISA promoted balance concentrate feed on subsidized basis.

Higher degree of encouragement for ILRI-CSISA promoted balance feed among beneficiary farmers but less adoption.

Possible Causes: Higher cost than market feed. No timely availability of balanced concentrate feed

promoted by ILRI-CSISA in required quantity. Business development – No any farmer is taking interest

to prepare CSISA promoted balance concentrate feed at large scale for business (Except 5-6 farmers).

No facility of loan for purchase of ILRI-CSISA promoted balance concentrate feed.

Problems in scaling-out

Collaborate with leading Institutions in Bihar for scaling-out of feeding technology to a larger group of farmers

480 dairy farmers to be part of trials in (Vaishali, Arwal, Ara and Begusarai) districts of Bihar under ILRI-CSISA promoted balance concentrate feed through SHGs

96 trainings on feeding and demonstrations of technologies

400 dairy farmers under mineral mixture feeding trials

400 dairy farmers under efficient utilization of maize stover with nutritive enrichment in (Samastipur, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur and Begusarai) districts (major maize producing areas) of Bihar

Training of interested farmers to act as LRPs

Future Plans for 2014-15