primarily influences the livestock water productivity. Water requirement to produce a kg DM
of common green fodder, protein and energy feeds varied from 267 (sorghum) to 713.3 liter
(lucerne), 1,000.0 (linseed) to 2,000.0 liter (soybean) and 690.0 (maize grain) to 850.0 liter
(oat grain), respectively. Total water requirement estimated for livestock population 2003
and 2010 were 16.30 and 16.15 MCM, where cattle (both indigenous and crossbred) had …