Pilot Project on azolla as cattle Feed

1. Presented by:
Akhilesh Kumar
Dhartiputra Kisan Sewa
Education:
B.Sc.Agriculture FromAllahabad
Agricultural Institute, Naini,Allahabad
Master In Social Entrepreneurship
FromTISS, Mumbai,

2. DKS Agriclinic and Agribusiness Centre:
Vision:
To make agriculture sector more efficient and
economically viable by promoting sustainable
and feasible technology at village level.

3. Mission:
DKS Agriclinic & Agribusiness centre
delivers demand driven agricultural
technology, products & services by
qualified professionals.

4. Activities:
To demonstrate the latest agricultural
Technologies to the farmers
To impart training to the farmers,
farmwomen, rural youth and extension
functionaries by following principals of
“teaching by doing” and “learning by doing”
To develop extension models to be adopted
by existing extension system for large scale
multiplication

5. An interconnected Problem
More cattle overgrazing Degradation of
Grassland
biomes
Fodder shortageChemical
concentrates
Harmful side effects
Deterioration of milk quality

6. Some possible alternatives
• Quality Biomass Production through
• Macro Fodder
a) Hybrid Napier
b) Berseem
c) Cowpea
d) Sorghum
• Micro Fodder
a) Algae and Single cell protein like Anabaena and
Spirulina

7. Are these solutions suitable for
small farmers?
• No!
The reasons:
Non availability of space in Small
homesteads for macro-fodder
Technical problems faced by small farmers
in handling micro-fodder

8. Azolla as the right solution because
Azolla is the most economic and efficient
feed substitute for live stock
Farmers can handle the plant easily
Biomass production is very high

9. So, What is Azolla?
• Azolla a water fern which
looks like an algae, belongs to
the familyAzollaceae.
• Azolla hosts a blue green algae
–Anabaena azollae which
fixes atmospheric nitrogen.
Azolla
Anabaena inside
Azolla

10. Why azolla ?
Azolla on dry weight basis is constituted of 25-35%
protein content, 10-15% mineral content and 7 – 19%
a combination of amino acids
Milk yield increases by 10 to 25%
15 to 30% commercial feed is replaced by azolla

11. Steps involved in preparation of new azolla bed…

12. Harvesting and feeding of azolla
to cattle

13. BAIF teamVisit to azolla Farm,Village –Milki, Post-Paliganj, Dist-Patna, Bihar

15. Guiding Farmer to make integrated model azolla cum vegetable cum vermicompost

17. Thank You
For more information log on:
www.dhartiputrakisansewa.blogspot.com
Contact me on : akhilesh.azolla@gmail.com