Presented by Dhiraj Singh and Nils Teufel, ILRI at the Brainstorming Session on Improving Dairy Animals Productivity through efficient Feed and Fodder Interventions in Bihar, Patna, India, 25 July 2014

1. 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

2. 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

3. ILRI-CSISA Activity - Bihar
ACTIVITY 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

4.  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)

5. Result of feeding trials
Blocks
Concentrate
(Kg)
Milk yield
(Litre)
Fat SNF
Before After Before After Before After Before 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

6. Result of feeding trials
Blocks
Concentrate
(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

7. Result of feeding trials
Blocks
Up to 0.5
Litre
0.5-1.0 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

8. Result of feeding trials
Change in farmers concentrate cost and income - Block wise
12.8
-2.7
-18.0
9.9
-6.0
-0.8
47.0 46.1
40.0
49.0
42.3
44.9
Sarairanjan Tajpur Pusa Muraul Sakra All
Change in cost of concentrate (Rs.) Gross profit (Rs.)

9. 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.

10.  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

11.  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