To demonstrate green fodder harvest through wheat, trials at farmers ’ fields were conducted during winter of 2011 to 2012 to compare the impact of green fodder harvest on the grain and straw yield on two varieties - local wheat variety, and improved variety- VL 829 with and without egyptian clover with the four treatments and four replications using randomised block design in two districts of Uttarakhand. The treatments were: (1) no fodder cut; no fertiliser (2) fodder cut at 79 to 85 days after sowing; no fertiliser (3) fodder cut at 79 to 85 days after sowing with 100 kg urea (46 kg N) /ha after the cut (4) fodder cut at 79 to 85 days after sowing with 6 MT FYM /ha after the cut with four replications. Further chemical composition and nutritive evaluation was carried using proximate principles in both the varieties. In district Tehri Garhwal , harvesting fodder at 79 days after sowing of the improved variety VL 829 produced significant quantity of additional green fodder (about 3.20 MT /ha) in the lean season without any significant reduction in the grain and straw yields. In district Pithoragarh, improved VL 829 wheat variety resulted about 1.70 MT green fodder at 85 days after sowing with no significant reduction of grain yield but produced more straw (about 1.50 MT additional /ha). Thus, the fodder harvest innovation from local wheat and improved wheat was demonstrated to the farmer to get quality fodder without impacting the grain yield during the lean season for uptake.

Keyword: Demonstration; Innovation; Dual purpose technology; Wheat; Egyptian clover; Feed scarcity;