The Current Situation, Problems, and Suggestions for Forage Crops in Muş Province

Abstract

With this study, the current situation in terms of forage crop cultivation in Muş province and offered solutions for the problems are discussed. The agroecological characteristics of the province and its current situation regarding forage crop cultivation have been investigated. Although most of the roughage requirement is met in the province of Muş, whose economy is based on livestock, it is determined that the number of forage plant species grown in the province is small, and the yield is low. The first thing that should be initiated in the province of Muş is quality and sustainable forage cultivation. All animal breeders should be informed about the importance of roughage to livestock. Concerning the current problems in the province, the solutions of narrowing the fallow areas by increasing forage crop cultivations areas with suitable crop alternations, increasing the use of certified seeds for quality production, reducing the grazing pressure on the meadow range, and providing necessary information at every stage of forage crop cultivation were offered for more and higher quality production.