Yash Pal ¹, A. C. Gangwar ¹, D. K. Grover ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, IN

Abstract

A large section of population consume diets which are quantitatively and or qualitatively deficient. Malnutrition affects the general health of population and the cost of malnutrition is of great concern for a country like ours. The problem of human hunger has always remained the top most problem through the ages and it has defied the solution in a large part of the world barring some of the developed nations which have tackled this problem. The problem of malnutrition is particularly severe in the third world countries including India.

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S. K. Arora ¹, N. D. Arora ¹, Yash Pal ¹, Bhagwan Das ¹

Affiliations
1 Chemical Laboratories, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, IN

Abstract

Oats produced in India are used almost exclusively as feed and are highly prized as such, specially for poultry and for certain classes of livestock. Oats possess a pronounced advantage over other cereals, being high in fat content. In Western countries, milled oats are used in different forms of breakfast foods, which are high in protein, minerals and energy value. Brown et al studied the variation in oil content in spring and winter oats. Morgan and others concluded that variation in oil content of oats is more than that of barley. These differences in the composition of grain, could have a considerable effect on the composition of concentrate mixtures based on them and could under some circumstances account for departures from the expected composition of such mixtures.

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S. K. Arora ¹, R. S. Paroda ¹, Yash Pal ¹, Bhagwan Das ¹

Affiliations
1 Chemical Laboratories, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar, IN

Abstract

Among cereal crops, sorghum is grown extensively for both grain and fodder. The quality of both grain and fodder genotypes differ considerably, and practically little information is available on the quality traits such as NDF, ADF, ADL and other structural components and in the in vitro digestibility of fodder of grain variety.

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