在印度南部通过以高粱为基础的饲料价值链创新加强畜牧业系统

IF 6.1 1区农林科学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Agricultural Systems Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104273

Harishankar Kanthaswamy , Abhishek Das , Saravanakumar Venkatachalam , Ajaykumar Ramasamy , Ashok Krishna Radha , Shalander Kumar

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摘要

印度是全球重要的牛奶生产国，但由于饲料和饲料短缺以及哺乳动物营养不良，其动物奶产量不理想。在泰米尔纳德邦，在旱作和灌溉有限的条件下，地方品种、两用和多茬高粱饲料品种在提供急需的饲料方面发挥着关键作用。目的通过优化高粱饲料价值链，全面了解并确定解决高粱饲料短缺问题的策略。方法对饲料行业各利益相关方进行访谈，收集所需数据。该研究涵盖了所有类型的高粱饲料，包括地方品种、两用品种和多切品种，通过六个不同的价值链供应。我们通过结构化和半结构化访谈和焦点小组讨论收集了407名家庭农民和30名贸易商和加工者的数据。结果和结论研究发现，涉及生产者和最终用户（主要是奶农和商业奶牛场）之间直接交易的渠道I成为绿色饲料最有效的销售渠道，提供具有竞争力的价格：长品种饲料每吨1500卢比，两用饲料每吨1675卢比，多切口饲料品种每吨1950卢比。在这些饲料类型中，多切口饲料是最有效的选择，可确保农民获得持续的绿色饲料供应，同时降低生产成本。此外，由双重用途和多切口饲料生产的青贮饲料具有优越的市场价值，每吨价值6500印度卢比，通过渠道I分销，从而使饲料生产利润丰厚。我们还比较了不同品种的饲料高粱及其竞争对手玉米，发现多切饲料高粱是农民的最佳选择。本研究强调了推广多切口高粱饲料品种作为缓解饲料短缺问题的关键解决方案的潜力。这一战略转变可以显著提高牛奶产量和农场收入，最终加强印度南部的畜牧系统。

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Strengthening livestock systems through Sorghum-based fodder value chain innovations in southern India

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Strengthening livestock systems through Sorghum-based fodder value chain innovations in southern India

CONTEXT

India, a prominent global milk producer, faces suboptimal animal milk productivity primarily due to feed and fodder deficits and malnutrition of milch animals. In Tamil Nadu, landrace, dual-purpose and multi-cut sorghum fodder cultivars play a pivotal role in providing much-needed fodder under rainfed and limited irrigation conditions.

OBJECTIVE

This research aims to comprehensively understand and identify strategies to address the fodder shortage issue by optimizing the sorghum fodder value chain.

METHODS

We took interviews with various stakeholders in the fodder industry to gather required data. The study encompassed all types of sorghum fodder, including landraces, dual-purpose, and multi-cut varieties, being supplied through six distinct value chains. We collected data from 407 household farmers and 30 traders and processors through structured and semi structured interviews and focus group discussion.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

The study identified Channel I, involving direct transactions between producers and end-users (primarily dairy farmers and commercial dairy farms) emerged as the most efficient marketing channel for green fodder, offering competitive prices of INR^⁎ 1500 per ton for landrace, INR 1675 per ton for dual-purpose, and INR 1950 per ton for multicut fodder varieties. Among these fodder types, multicut fodder stands out as the most efficient option, ensuring farmers a consistent supply of green fodder while simultaneously reducing cost of production. Furthermore, the silage produced from dual-purpose and multicut fodder commands a superior market value, amounting INR 6500 per ton which is distributed via Channel I, thereby rendering the fodder production highly lucrative. We also compare the different variants of fodder sorghum with its close competitor maize and found out multicut fodder sorghum is the best option for the farmers.

SIGNIFICANCE

This research underscores the potential of promoting multicut sorghum fodder varieties as a pivotal solution to mitigate the fodder deficit issue. This strategic shift can contribute significantly to increased milk production and farm revenue, ultimately strengthening livestock systems in Southern India.

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Agricultural Systems 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

13.30

自引率

7.60%

发文量

174

审稿时长

30 days

期刊介绍： Agricultural Systems is an international journal that deals with interactions - among the components of agricultural systems, among hierarchical levels of agricultural systems, between agricultural and other land use systems, and between agricultural systems and their natural, social and economic environments. The scope includes the development and application of systems analysis methodologies in the following areas: Systems approaches in the sustainable intensification of agriculture; pathways for sustainable intensification; crop-livestock integration; farm-level resource allocation; quantification of benefits and trade-offs at farm to landscape levels; integrative, participatory and dynamic modelling approaches for qualitative and quantitative assessments of agricultural systems and decision making; The interactions between agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes; the multiple services of agricultural systems; food security and the environment; Global change and adaptation science; transformational adaptations as driven by changes in climate, policy, values and attitudes influencing the design of farming systems; Development and application of farming systems design tools and methods for impact, scenario and case study analysis; managing the complexities of dynamic agricultural systems; innovation systems and multi stakeholder arrangements that support or promote change and (or) inform policy decisions.