Learning to grow soil-less fodder
Hydroponic farming – a system where plants are grown in water instead of soil – seems too high-tech and costly for smallholders in developing countries. But dairy farmers in the Satara district in the Indian state of Maharashtra have in recent years learnt to successfully produce quality green fodder using a simple low-cost hydroponic system.
Title of publication: Access Agriculture Blog
Author: Savitri Mohapatra
Other authors: Access Agriculture
Organization: Access Agriculture
Year: 2021
Country/ies: India
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://www.accessagriculture.org/learning-grow-soil-less-fodder
Content language: English