The state government of Punjab has proposed a resolution to the recurrent issue of stubble burning that causes serious pollution not only in the state but also in its neighbouring states. The government of Punjab has mooted the proposal of utilising the paddy crop remnant as fodder for livestock particularly cattle in Gaushalas, the Indian Express reported.
Where has the new proposal come from?
A investigation proposal submitted by the Ludhiana-based Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) had suggested employing the stubble left following the paddy harvest to be utilized as fodder for animals. The report had also claimed that about 30 % of the rice straw is currently becoming utilized as fodder in a lot of South-East nations as properly as in Mongolia and China. The report argued that the stubble also has a substantial quantity of nutritional worth such as crude protein, digestible crude protein and other very important nutrients. The report underscored the reality that nationally the nation faces the deficit of dry as properly as green fodder and the stubble of paddy crop could aid in lowering the deficit.
Can paddy stubble be straight fed to animals?
According to an professional from the university the stubble includes High silica and lignin content that reduces its digestive properties. The professional also flagged the larger selenium content in the paddy straw and suggested that not more than 5 Kg per day of paddy straw be provided to an animal in a day. The report has additional recommended two solutions via which the cattle straw have to be processed prior to becoming supplied for livestock. The two solutions that have been recommended in the report are Urea-only therapy and urea plus molasses therapy. The study has located that urea therapy of the stubble could enhance the digestibility of the straw from earlier 40-45 % to 70-75 %. The study also located a substantial enhance in the quantity of nutrients in the straw following the urea therapy.In the other approach, the straw will be treated with urea as properly as molasses to make it a upkeep ration for non-creating animals.
The researchers have maintained that for the upkeep of body weight of animals and nutritional desires, paddy straw alone is not enough and it must be supplemented with compulsory minerals and green fodder.