Farmers motivation in feed and forage selection in Nepal: A case study of mid hills of Nepal

A field investigation was conducted in 2008 from August to November in Mashyam,Pipaldada,Bhairavsthan VDCs of palpa district of Nepal to emphasized the perceptions of farmers towards feed and froage selection to achieve through exploring the motives under lying the farmers’ attitudes towards new technology adoption. Field level simple random sample survey in 30 households was conduct and focus Group Discussion (FGD) was organized in Mashyam, Pipaldada, Bhairavsthan VDCs of Palpa district. The feed and fodder supplied by the farmers to the livestock was varied from individual to individual. The farmers believe that the supplement improved feed and forages contribute to increase about 1-2 liters milk production per day per animal in case of cattle and buffalo and total weight gain in case of goat is also increased 2-3 kg per year.