On May 11, 6:33*am, "Fred C. Dobbs" >
wrote:
> On 5/10/2010 10:10 PM, Romanise wrote:
>
> > On May 10, 8:31 pm, "Fred C. >
> > wrote:
> >> There is no requirement to grow fodder for livestock.
>
> > It is profitable in India for farmers in villages located couple of
> > miles outside a town. Often the farmers cut green, not fully ripened
> > maize, sorghum, millet stocks or alfalfa feed early in the morning and
> > get it delivered to their fixed customers by 7 or 8. Having emptied
> > their carts they collect garbage collected by sweepers on the streets
> > and are back on their farms by midday. For carrots they need to be dug
> > previous evening and washed, Alfalfa and carrots are mainly for the
> > horses as still there are horse buggies, In towns there are carting
> > services which use bullocks or camels. Donkeys are used to carry
> > building material often in smaller quantities in narrow streets.
>
> I guess I should have said there is no requirement to grow fodder for
> livestock that are intended to be eaten as meat. *I can see a case to be
> made for growing vegetable matter to be fed to draught animals.

This thread was hi-jacked by fellow mostly referred to as Jay Stevens
from soc.culture.indian to alt.food.vegan, alt.food.vegan.science,
alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian plus the group he has created for his
"fans". This he did when I asked him to name valid alternatives to
milk based economy of India.
Thread was started with following link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8662361.stm
Subsequently I added few more links mainly of older BBC reports.

As for meat there is no industry in India which has livestock,
mammals, at the centre. Only poultry industry.

In India fodder is raised largely for milking animals, buffaloes and
cows and some goats as there are customers in towns and cities who
seek out goat milk (made familiar to them by Gandhi).