Formation and development of fodder production in Ukraine

Abstract

The purpose. To highlight the formation and development of the scientific support of feed production industry in Ukraine, contribution of the Institute of Feeds and Agriculture of Podillia of NAAS to the development of feed production as a science, to generalize the main scientific achievements. Methods. On the basis of materials from periodicals and monographs, the formation and development of feed production as a science was analyzed. To solve the problem, general research methods (analysis, synthesis) and historical methods (problem-chronological) were used. Results. The development of scientific support of feed production industry in Ukraine was displayed through the prism of researches on these issues. The main achievements of the Institute of Feeds and Agriculture of Podillia of NAAS in the development of scientific approaches to feed production were analyzed. Conclusions. Further development of the feed production industry as a science should be based on innovative principles under improvement of the optimal structure of areas under forage and grain crops; enhancement of the breeding research in the direction of increasing the adaptive capacity of new varieties to adverse environmental factors and developing modern competitive varieties of cultivation technologies; development of new and improvement of current intensive technologies for the cultivation of perennial grasses, maize for silage and grain, legume-grain crops and soybean; improvement of integrated plant protection; biologization of technological processes of growing forage crops in specific natural and climatic zones under effective eco-friendly use of soil fertility, improvement of the technologies of harvesting, storage and utilization of feeds and monitoring of feedstock and feed quality.