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In XXIII International Grassland Congress-2015, November 20-24, 2015. New Delhi.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableCoarse wool in the form of dust, fibrous waste (loose wool mat) and designed felt was buried into soil at 15 and 30 cm depth as a geo-textile to study its effect on soil moisture conservation. The experiment was laid in a factorial randomized block design with 3 replications of each form of wool used. There were three kinds of wool forms (wool dust, wool mat and wool felt) at two different depth levels (15 and 30 cm). No wool was applied to the control plot. Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) crop was sown and irrigated uniformly at regular intervals. Soil moisture retention was significantly (P<0.05) higher in different forms of wool used than the control. Green fodder and grain yield were significantly (P<0.05) improved over the control. The improvement was maximum in wool felt at 30 cm depth than other wool forms and depths. Soil pH, electrical conductivity and micronutrients were not increased significantly; however, available NPK was improved significantly (P<0.05) for all the wool forms over the control.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableAdoption behaviour of farmers towards small ruminant technologies was studied during June, 2015 with the help of PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) techniques in Soda village (Tehsil Malpura, Tonk) in Rajasthan. Matrix ranking technique was used to assess the important technologies of small ruminant rearing as well as major constraints faced by them. Study revealed that all the farmers were adopting vaccination against enterotoxaemia, sheep pox, peste des petits ruminants and foot and mouth disease. Fifty percent of farmers were providing concentrate feed to ewe during pregnancy and lactation. A few (5.56%) farmers were growing grasses and planting trees (anjan grass, ardu tree and ber bush) for small ruminants. Majority of farmers were rearing Kheri sheep, but were interested in Patanwadi sheep. Seasonal analysis revealed that farmers remained busy with different small ruminant practices throughout the year except in January. Lack of grazing land, local market, proper shed and trough facilities were the common problems faced by farmers.Not Availabl