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The book is written in view of curriculum of degree and diploma courses in Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary and Dairy sciences. This comprehensive document covers all aspects of fodder and forage crop production techniques under various situations. It is bound to be very useful not only to students of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry but also reference book to livestock farm managers, administrators, planners and progressive farmers. Though the book written with Indian Context in view but find wider applications in Asia, Africa and Latin American Countries where the situations are similar.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Breeds of livestock. 3. Geographic distribution of Indian grazing lands. 4. Grassy fodder crops. 5. Legume fodders. 6. Aquatic weeds as fodder. 7. Oil cake and brans. Appendix: 1. Livestock population in India and the world (millions). 2. Animal products used by humans. 3. World livestock population (first 10 countries). 4. Nutritive composition of milk in various animals (100g). 5. Domestic animal breeds of India based on economic base. 6. The milk yield of Indian cows and buffaloes. 7. Daily per capita milk consumption in some countries of the world. 8. Composition of milk (%) of various animal species. 9. Characteristics of various cheeses in the world. 10. Rheological properties. 11. Common technical terms to denote livestock. 12. Classification of green fodder for livestock. 13. Crop residues which are used as livestock feeds. 14. Comparison of milk nutrients in cattle and buffalo. 15. Nutritive value of fodder tree leaves on dm basis. 16. Nutritive value of hays of different crops. 17. Terms pertaining to livestock. 18. Concentrate cake and their composition. 19. Forage crops that are suitable to various soils. 20. Nutritive value of common feed stuffs (kg/100 kg fresh matter). 21. Nutritive value of some common fodder (kg per 100 kg, fresh). 22. Silage making requirements. 23. Leguminous fodders which supply major protein and carbohydrates to farm animals. 24. Fodder crops to be grown on the basis of soil and water regimes. 25. Soils of India. 26. Grasslands of the worlds. 27. Firms that supply fodder seed in India.