The forest department of Gujarat has taken up a project in association with the Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology GUIDE to develop Banni grasslands in the Kutch region. The project aims to arrest livestock migration from the Kutch district and ensure fodder security. The grass of Banni is three times more nutritive than other grasses. Officiating Director GUIDE, Dr Vijay Kumar said that the target is to develop 4,000 hectares of land in Banni as fodder security zone by 2013.