Publication Date
1985
Location
Kyoto Japan
Description
The available natural grasslands of Xinjiang cover about one third of its total area. The most basic feature is based on arid desert circumstances, whereas there widely develop mountain grasslands, so the grassland types are most rich and varied. The plain grasslands primarily develop into various types of desert grasslands, where the soil moisture is abundant, lowland meadows develop. The mountain grasslands distribute in a regular pattern as the climate perpendicular belts change. All of them may be divided into four type-groups, thirteen types, in which, desert about 45.1 %, steppe 26.7%, meadow 26.3%, swamp 0.7%. The low yield grasslands for the hay yield less than 750 kg/ha account for 46.3%, 750-1200 kg/ha medium for 44.4%, more than 1200 kg/ha high-yield grasslands for 9.3%. The proportion of harvest pasture is very small, about 98% of them are grazing ones, except about 10% can be made use of all the year round, 90% of them on its usage are allevidently and strictly seasonal. The shortage of cold seasonal pastures, the unbalance of water and grass distribution and the instability of the herbage yield between years are three main outstanding contradictions of the utilization of grazing pastures. As for neglecting to the secondary production, the transformation rate from grass to livestock products is less than one percent in Xinjiang. Some measures are being adopted to promote the development of the grassland science and its production.
Citation
Peng, Xu, "The Resource Characteristics of the Natural Grassland and its Utilization in Xinjiang" (1985). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 43.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1985/ses6/43)
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The Resource Characteristics of the Natural Grassland and its Utilization in Xinjiang
Kyoto Japan
The available natural grasslands of Xinjiang cover about one third of its total area. The most basic feature is based on arid desert circumstances, whereas there widely develop mountain grasslands, so the grassland types are most rich and varied. The plain grasslands primarily develop into various types of desert grasslands, where the soil moisture is abundant, lowland meadows develop. The mountain grasslands distribute in a regular pattern as the climate perpendicular belts change. All of them may be divided into four type-groups, thirteen types, in which, desert about 45.1 %, steppe 26.7%, meadow 26.3%, swamp 0.7%. The low yield grasslands for the hay yield less than 750 kg/ha account for 46.3%, 750-1200 kg/ha medium for 44.4%, more than 1200 kg/ha high-yield grasslands for 9.3%. The proportion of harvest pasture is very small, about 98% of them are grazing ones, except about 10% can be made use of all the year round, 90% of them on its usage are allevidently and strictly seasonal. The shortage of cold seasonal pastures, the unbalance of water and grass distribution and the instability of the herbage yield between years are three main outstanding contradictions of the utilization of grazing pastures. As for neglecting to the secondary production, the transformation rate from grass to livestock products is less than one percent in Xinjiang. Some measures are being adopted to promote the development of the grassland science and its production.
