Book entitled ���?Forages and Fodder: Indian Perspective���? contains
different aspects viz., production, protection, PGR management, consumption;
preservation and socio-economic aspects of forage and fodder crops. The present
book is one of the latest and updated manuscripts related to forage and fodder
in Indian context. Forage includes all plant species directly or indirectly
consumed by animals and cultivated forage crops occupy about 5.0 per cent of the
total cultivated area of India. The animal fodder consists of several plants
species which are used to feed the cattle either raw (green and cut fodder) or
after minor processing (such as silage) while pastures are grassland, usually
with improved species, carefully