General View to Meadow-Rangelands and Forage Crops Cultivation of Aegean Region and Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2017
Yazarlar: Gülcan DEMİROĞLU TOPÇU, Şükrü Sezgi ÖZKAN
DergiPark (Istanbul University), Uluslararası, 2017
Özet
Because of the fast increase in the population of theworld, important problems emerge in covering the needs of animal-originatingnutrients of human beings. In order to obtain meat, milk, egg and similarproducts in animal husbandry activities, it is necessary that the functions andrequirements of farm animals are well-known, and these animals must be well-fedto continue their lives and produce quality and high-amount products. In ourcountry, the animal existence is equal to 15.948.552 HB, and 11.901.791 HB ofit is cattles (74.62%); 3.926.017 HB of it is sheeps and goats (24.62%); and120.743 HB of it is equines (0.76%). The annual quality fodder production is21.689.734 tons and 11.416.477 tons of it is from forage plant breeding inagricultural activities and 10.273.257 tons of it comes from meadow-pastureareas. When the amount of the fodder and the animal existence in our countryare considered it is understood that the lacking rough feed deficit is51.075.535 tons. Although this deficit is filled with stalks, hays and husks,which have low nutrient values, or with intense/mixed feed sources, it is clearthat this will not suffice. In order to achieve “self-sufficiency”principle, which must be the basic target of national agricultural policies,necessary precautions must be taken and applied immediately.