CATTLE-BASED integrated intensive farming system (IIFS) is ideal for small farmers. It is not only eco-friendly, but also much more economical for farmers to raise animals in an integrated farm, according to Mr. P. Gomathinayagam, a pioneer in organic farming in the Puliangudi village in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.
"We have twelve cross-bred milch cows and a stud bull in stall fed conditions. We make our own concentrate feed by mixing rice bran, green gram pod shells, black gram husks, powdered pearl millet (Cumbu in Tamil) and groundnut oil cake in the right proportions to meet the energy needs of the animals. The cost of the feed works out to Rs.7 per kg, and each milking animal is fed about two kg of the mixture in addition to liberal quantities of rice straw and green fodder," he explains.......Click for more
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