This practical book provides training on how to integrate livestock nutrition and feeding into natural farming systems. It begins with the basics of animal digestion and nutritional needs, then explores traditional Indian feeding methods, crop residues, probiotics, and natural feed supplements. The book shows how to grow fodder naturally and manage feed for cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep, poultry, and aquaculture using low-cost, sustainable practices.

It also guides learners on on-farm feed preparation, feed storage, quality control, and record-keeping. The book includes economic analysis, government schemes, and extension support to help farmers and entrepreneurs adopt chemical-free and self-reliant animal nutrition systems in harmony with natural farming principles.

Rahul Dev Behera holds Ph.D degree in Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry from the Odisha University of Agricultural Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha in 2021. He has currently working as SMS(Soil Science), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bargarh, OUAT, Odisha. He has published 22 nos of research papers in International and National journals. He published four nos of books with ten nos of book chapters. He worked with different rural farmers in Malkangiri and Bolangir District of Odisha with transferred the different new technologies to the farmers. His tested more than 2000 nos of soil samples at soil testing laboratory of KVK and distributed more than 5000 nos of Soil Health Card to the farmers. He given different skill and new technology trainings to the farmers and farmers also trained and adopted the new technologies by which they were increased their production in different enterprises. He awarded Young Scientist Award in Agriculture Science by International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation, 2017, Fellowship Award in Environmental Science by Environment & Social Welfare Socity,2017 and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award with medal in Soil Science by Odisha Rajya Sanskruti Surakhya Mancha, 2017. He gives different information to the farmers through Radio talk and articles through newspapers as well as through Booklet and leaflets. Now he is working on the zero budget natural farming practices as soil health was degraded day by day now due to application of huge quantity of chemicals fertilizers only by farmers in the field. He is conducted different training programmes, awareness programmes and demonstration programmes in different crops in the farmers field on Natural Farming.

1. Introduction to Natural Farming and Its Integration with Livestock 

2. Principles of Animal Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

3. Indigenous and Ethnoveterinary Feeding Practices in India 

4. Fodder Resources and Natural Cultivation Techniques

5. Natural Feed Supplements and Probiotics

6. Non-Conventional and Crop Residue Feeding

7. Natural Feeding Management for Cattle and Buffalo

8. Feed Management for Goats and Sheep

9. Natural Feeding Practices for Backyard Poultry 

10. Feed Management for Aquaculture in Natural Farming Systems

11. On-Farm Feed Formulation Techniques

12. Preservation and Storage of Feed in Natural Conditions

13. Feed Quality Control, Evaluation and Record-Keeping 

14. Economics of Natural Feed Management 

15. Government Policies, Schemes and Extension Support