International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

Hence, an investigation entitled “A Comprehensive Study on Fodder Production and Its Utilization Pattern in Semi-Arid Zone of Rajasthan” was conducted on proportionate randomly selected 240 dairy farmers belonging to different land holding categories and growing at least two fodder crops in a cropping year and having at least one milch animal during investigation were taken as respondents of Dausa and Tonk districts in Semi-arid zone of Rajasthan. Maximum number of the dairy farmers (43.33%) belonged to middle age category ranging from 36 to 50 years of age. It was found that a sizable proportion of the dairy farmers were illiterate (23.33%) which was closely followed by farmers having education up to senior secondary level (17.50%). More than seventy percent (71.66%) of the farmers felt that the period for green fodder deficit was March to June. While, 19.16 percent of them expressed that the September to February and 9.18 the farmers felt July to October as lean period for the green fodder. Most of the farmers (37.92%) were engaged in agriculture + dairy + labour.