Importance of Arecanut Sheath Used as a Cattle Fodder
Shashikumar*
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, CAE, Raichur
Prahlad
KVK, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka
M. Anantachar
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, CAE, Raichur
M. Veerangouda
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, CAE, Raichur
K.V. Prakash
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, CAE, Raichur
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Arecanut sheath, Animal fodder
Abstract
Arecanut palm (Areca catechu Linn) is a tropical crop and it is grown under variety of climatic conditions. The arecanut tree sheds about 10 sheaths per year hence total production of sheaths is around 4380 sheaths per year per hectare. Arecanut is an important commercial crop, considering its higher economic profitability and relatively low investment many farmers have replaced paddy cultivation with arecanut, resulting in shortage of paddy straw for its use as animal fodder. The sheath attached to the leaf of arecanut tree is not only used for commercial plate making. But recently the arecanut sheath was found to be used as a dry fodder for cattle, as an alternative to paddy straw.
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