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Fodder for thought: tn faces 21 pc deficit of `greens' [1]

C Shivakumar |

TAMIL NADU is facing acute shortage of green fodder with the degradation and depletion of grazing land. Based on the 2004 livestock census, the animal husbandry department puts the overall deficit of green fodder in 2008-09 at 21.25 per cent.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Grazing Lands [3], Animal Care [4], Animal Feed [5], Tamil Nadu [6]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-chennai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grazing-lands
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-care
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-feed
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu