Forage and animal production for improving self-sufficiency rate of feed in Japan
The overall livestock feed self-sufficiency rate of Japan was 26% m 2012, and it is dependent upon the import of cereal feed grain.Steep increase in the international prices of feed grains in recent years has had a serious impact on farm management.Therefore, it is necessary to expand the planted area of forage crops, increase the effectiveness of land use by applying double or semiannual cropping, and to use abandoned cultivated fields.Particularly, improving the efficient use of paddy fields and production of rice for whole-crop silage and for feed grain is expected.Accordingly, the projected target for the overall feed self-sufficiency rate would be 38%;roughage, 100%;and concentrate, 19% by 2020, based on policy measures.In order to achieve the projected target, it is necessary to conduct research projects on forage crop and rice breeding, cultivation technology, silage making, and feeding technology in the future.
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Hisaaki Daido
NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Nasu-Shiobara, Tochigi, 329-2793 Japan
国际会议
The 5th China-Japan-Korea Grassland Conference(第五届中-日-韩国际草地会议)
长春
英文
5-8
2014-08-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）