FODDER CROP PRODUCTION FOR CONSERVATION AS WINTER FEED AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FROM PAKISTAN TO N.W. CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM

Livestock production by transhumance rearing systems is the major land use and a source of livelihood in most areas of the arid, semiarid, and arid temperate agro-ecological zones of Asia. It is perhaps the best way of exploiting these pastures economically. Lack of feed is the major constraint to improving livestock production during winter and early spring, as the temperatures are extremely lo