Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Nanded Curbs Crop Residue Use to Protect Drought Fodder
Nanded district in Maharashtra is facing drought conditions after receiving less rain than usual.
Officials are worried that there may not be enough food for livestock in the coming months.
Some crop leftovers are being bought by industries to use as fuel.
The district has restricted large-scale buying and transport of these leftovers, and their unnecessary industrial use.
Officials say the leftovers can instead be turned into useful animal feed.
Farmers are being encouraged to process residues from several crops into fodder.
Nanded district has restricted large-scale purchase and transport of crop residues, as well as their unnecessary industrial use.
The order was issued by Nanded Collector Rahul Kardile on Wednesday, officials said.
Fourteen of the district’s 16 talukas are among 265 Maharashtra talukas where drought has been declared.
Below-average rainfall has raised concerns about reduced fodder production and future shortages.
Authorities are encouraging farmers to process residues from crops including soybean, wheat, sorghum, gram, tur and sugarcane into livestock fodder.
- Who
- Nanded district administration, under Collector Rahul Kardile.
- What
- Restrictions have been imposed on large-scale purchase and transport of crop residues and their unnecessary industrial use.
- When
- The order was issued on Wednesday; the report is dated October 8.
- Where
- Nanded district, Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- To protect agricultural residues that can be processed into livestock fodder amid drought conditions and concerns about fodder shortages.
Fodder protection
Industrial use
How agricultural residues should be used
Fodder protection
The administration says residues can be processed into valuable livestock fodder and that protecting them may help prevent shortages during drought.
Industrial use
Industries have been purchasing residues in large quantities for use as fuel in biomass, biocoal and other industrial processes; the administration says that diversion could worsen fodder scarcity.
- District
- Nanded, Maharashtra
- Talukas in Nanded
- 14 of 16 are among the 265 talukas in Maharashtra where drought has been declared.
- Rainfall
- Nanded recorded below-average rainfall this year.
- Order
- Restricts large-scale procurement and transportation of agricultural residues needed for livestock, as well as unnecessary industrial use.
- Residues mentioned
- Soybean residue, dry stalks, fodder, sugarcane trash, bagasse and other agricultural residues.
- Fodder campaign
- Authorities are encouraging farmers to process residues from soybean, wheat, sorghum, gram, tur, sugarcane and other crops into livestock fodder.