FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fodder is a type of food that is given to livestock. Berseem, oats and sudan grass are known as fodder crops as they are raised to feed the livestock.

Detailed explanation-2: -Forage and fodder crops include forage sorghum, pennisetum, millet, lablab, cowpeas, soybeans, grain sorghum and maize. Choice will depend on sowing time and feed quantity and quality requirements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum) is an annual leguminous fodder crop. It is one of the most suitable fodder crops for areas below 1700 m altitude with irrigation facilities. It remains soft and succulent at all stages of growth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whole-crop oats are a good source of forage and many farmers use it as hay, silage or pasture for cattle and sheep.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oats and Sudan grass show both similarities and contrasts. Oats are a cool season crop and Sudan grass is normally grown under warm conditions. But whereas oats are true annuals, dying at grain maturation, Sudan grass is still producing strong primary and secondary growth, showing incipient perennial features.