India: Research shows rice paddy straw can be fed to ruminants
Rice
India
Published Oct 13, 2021
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The widely available material is mostly burned in fields, creating pollution, but Indian officials want treated rice paddy straw to be used as animal feed
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Widely available material is mostly burned in fields, creating pollution, but Indian officials want treated rice paddy straw to be used as animal feed Research suggests that rice paddy straw can be used as animal feed for ruminants across southeast Asia and China. A research paper from the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) in Ludhiana, India, says 20 million tons of paddy straw is produced in the state of Punjab per year, but almost all of it is burned in fields as a waste product, creating air pollution. “This accounts for economic loss apart from the loss of 77,000 tons of nitrogen and 5.6 million tons of total digestible nutrients (TDN) which could be used for ruminant production,” the paper said, adding that “the requirement of feed and fodder for ruminants at national level is in deficit. The situation will get worse in terms of availability of both green and dry fodder during coming years.” To make the paddy straw a viable fodder for animals, ...
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