permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 01:03 AM 10/29/02 -0800, you wrote:
> Fodder accounts for nearly 70% of livestock rearing cost. Availability
> is a problem. It is supplemented with fresh leaves, which the village
> women get from far off places. Fodder is being imported into the
> mountains from the plains as well. This needs to be stopped and fodder
> needs to be either grown or grazing areas increased scientifically

Hmmm.  Seems like this is one of the most valuable inputs for this 
system.  Why not view fodder importation as a cost of doing business as 
well as increasing local sylvo pasture productivity?  Remember that you 
import minerals as well as mulch with that fodder and could use it for bio 
gas too.


Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
608-262-1730 WK
608-846-7125 HM