Grazing systems and pasture condition
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Ranching in the Amazon: a brief look at unprecedented growth
- ( R. Smeraldi;P., H. May / Amazonia , 2008)
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Ranching in the Amazon spread at an unprecedented rate over the last five years. This brief documents this recent growth and argues that it now requires additional and undivided attention on the pa...
Atternative ways to enhance productivity within the crop-livestock system, Ethiopia
- ( J. B. Aune;R. Asrat;D. A. Teklehaimanot;B. T. Bune / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2006)
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This chapter is part of the book "Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands". It discusses the problems of the current crop–livestock system and sugge...
- Is the livestock breeding industry damaging smallholders and the environment?
- ( S. Gura / GRAIN , 2008)
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This paper explores developments in the global livestock industry and their impact on smallholder farmers and the environment in developing countries. In particular, it considers the effect of...
- Environmental impact of livestock sector must addressed urgently
- ( H. Steinfeld; P. Gerber; T. Wassenaar; V. Castel; M. Rosales; C. de Haan / Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre , 2006)
- The global livestock sector is socially and politically very significant, creating livelihoods for one billion of the world’s poor and accounting for 40% of agricultural gross demestic product (GDP). ...
- Policy options for investing in the mobility of pastoral systems in Africa
- ( Livestock, Environment and Development, Virtual Research and Development Centre , 2006)
- This paper seeks to provide national and international policy-makers interested in the development of arid and semi-arid areas with background information and policy options, on whether and how to inv...
- How to address the development needs of pastoralists
- ( Drylands Development Centre, UNDP , 2003)
- This document outlines the necessity of formulating development policies specifically targeted at pastoralists and their livelihoods. The author reports that pastoralists have generally been ill-serv...
- Rangelands and changes in pastoral use in an ethnic-minority region, Gansu, China
- ( D. Bedunah; R. Harris / Case Western Reserve University , 2002)
- Overview of the rangelands of the Jianshe region of China which discusses the environmental and social issues associated with the pastoralist land use in the area. The paper outlines the ecological ty...
- Is collective and group tenure and community-based management appropriate to the rangelands of Western China?
- ( T. Banks; C. Richard; Li Ping; Zhaoli Yan / Case Western Reserve University , 2003)
- The paper begins by outlining Chinese grassland policy in the reform period and then describes key aspects of actual local level arrangements for grassland management. This description is based on the...
- Environmental variability in an extensive pastoral area northern Xinjiang, China
- ( T. Banks; S. Doman / Department of Applied and International Economics, Massey University , 2001)
- This paper considers the degree of environmental variability in an extensive pastoral area of Altay, northern Xinjiang (China); assesses the extent to which institutional arrangements are able to acco...
- Logging ban provides opportuntity for animal husbandry in Dequin Autonomous Prefecture (PRC)
- ( X. Hongyan1; C. Richard; X Jianchu1; W. Jianhual / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development , 2001)
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This article discusses a logging ban in Deqin Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the opportunity this provides for animal husbandry.
The article finds that:at present there are problems in im...
