Abstract

                                Grass is the most important item in this world on which civilisation de- pends. Without grass there will be no cattle and sheep and no humus for the soil to enable crops to grow; even among crops, it is the grass family that yields the most important food materials for man-kind. In spite of the fact that this country has seen many civilisations and had comparative peace for well over a century, it is remarkable that very little work has been done on grasses. There has been one continuous war with the Forest Department for facilities for grazing and of late, certain forests were handed over to the Panchayats and the grazing fees have been halved. 3ut, do these solve the grass problem of this country? The only answer to t is in the negative.

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