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    • NEXT-GENERATION FODDER SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED NUTRITIONAL SECURITY

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    Keywords

    • Innovation
    • Smart farming
    • Soil less cultivation
    • Sustainable agriculture

    Magazine: October - December 2025

    Page: 55 - 63

    Volume: 5

    Issue: 4

    Issue Date: 10 December 2025

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    Abstract

    India’s rapidly expanding livestock sector faces a critical fodder shortage due to declining land availability, climate variability, soil degradation, and inconsistent feed quality. Ensuring year-round access to nutritious fodder requires a transition from conventional practices to next-generation production systems. Climate-resilient innovations such as hydroponic and vertical fodder cultivation, along with non-conventional feed resources like Azolla, Opuntia, and Spirulina, offer promising solutions. These approaches enhance productivity, water-use efficiency, and nutrient density while reducing land requirements. Additionally, perennial fodder grasses and improved fodder preservation techniques support sustained fodder availability, strengthening livestock productivity, smallholder resilience, and national fodder security.