Track 22-1: Market and Marketing for Grasslands/Rangelands

The XXI International Grassland Congress / VIII International Rangeland Congress took place in Hohhot, China from June 29 through July 5, 2008.
Proceedings edited by Organizing Committee of 2008 IGC/IRC Conference
Published by Guangdong People's Publishing House

XXI International Grassland Congress/
VIII International Rangeland Congress:
Market and Marketing for Grasslands/Rangelands

Food Supply Chains in Developed Countries and Livestock Production Systems

Alan McDermott, AgResearch, New Zealand

Institutional Innovations of the Grassland Household‐Contract‐Responsibility System: A Study of the Household‐Allied Operation System of Xilinguole League, Inner Mongolia

Guanghua Qiao, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China
Zhihua Xiao, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China
Yanli Tian, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, China
Haichun Wang, Inner Mongolia Finace and Economics College, China
Kaiguang Huang, Hulunbeer University, China

From Margin Lands to Local Meat: Innovation Networks and Functional Integrity in Languedoc, South of France

Fabrice Dreyfus, Institut des régions chaudes, France
Yuna Chiffoleau, INRA, France
Jean‐Marie Welch

Using Kangaroos to Produce Low‐Emission Meat

George R. Wilson, Australian Wildlife Services, Australia
Melanie Edwards, Australian Wildlife Services, Australia

Integrating Kangaroos and Livestock though Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trials

George R. Wilson, Australian Wildlife Services, Australia

Comparison of Production and Cost between Conventional and Organic Forage Crops

Jong-duk Kim, Cheonan Yonam College, South Korea
C. H. Kwon, Cheonan Yonam College, South Korea
S. H. Chae, Cheonan Yonam College, South Korea
C. H. Kim, Hankyong National University, South Korea

Market Trends for Organic or Low Input Foods from Marginal Pastures

F. Longhi, University of Florence‐Piazzale Cascine, Italy
Andrea Pardini, University of Florence‐Piazzale Cascine, Italy

An Economic Assessment of Cattle Raising Enterprises in the Red Soils Region of China

Neil D. MacLeod, CSIRO, Australia
Shilin Wen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Marketing of Seeds of Stylosanthes — a Tropical Legume in India

Nagaratna Biradar, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, India
K. Sridhar, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, India
C. R. Ramesh, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, India

Seed Performance of Three Interespecific Hybrids of Elephant Grass × Pearl Millet under Controlled Deterioration

M. Pozitano, Campinas State University, Brazil
R. Usberti, Plant Protection Agency, Brazil

Stimulating Market Led Livestock Production through Information Communication Technologies: Experiences from Pastoral Areas of Eastern Africa

R. Kaitho, Texas A&M University
G. Kariuki, GL‐CRSP LINKS, Kenya
E. Kebebe, GL‐CRSP LINKS, Ethiopia
J. Gutta, GL‐CRSP LINKS, Tanzania
J. Ndungu, GL‐CRSP LINKS, Kenya
M. Kingamkono, GL‐CRSP LINKS, Tanzania
P. Dyke, Texas A&M University

The Challenges for Alfalfa Hay Marketing in China

Z. M. Yang, Beijing H. D. R. Trading Co., Ltd., China

Sustaining Pastoral Linkages to High‐Value Livestock Markets through Collective Action and Public‐Private Partnerships: A Case Study from Southern Ethiopia

S. Desta, GL‐CRSP PARIMA
D. Layne Coppock, GL‐CRSP PARIMA
G. Gebru, GL‐CRSP PARIMA
S. Tezera, GL‐CRSP PARIMA
L. Gizachew, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Ethiopia

Emerging Market Trends of Organic Food in Australia

C. Faiello, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Andrea Pardini, University of Florence‐Piazzale Cascine, Italy
L. Litjens

Tropical Forages for Monogastric Animals: Enhancing Smallholders Competitiveness in Local and Emerging Markets

Michael Peters, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
D. White, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
L. S. Muñoz, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
P. Sarria, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
N. Vivas, Universidad del Cauca, Colombia
F. Holmann, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
M. Lundy, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
T. Oberthur, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
P. Lentes, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
A. Schmidt, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia
Martin Mena, Instituto Nicaraguenese de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Nicaragua
S. Fujisaka, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia

Llama de Ayopaya: Towards Marketing of High Quality Fine Fibre in the Bolivian Andes

M. Siegmund‐Schultze, Universität Hohenheim, Germany
J. Delgado, Universität Hohenheim, Germany
A. Stemmer, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia
A. Markemann, Universität Hohenheim, Germany
A. Valle Zárate, Universität Hohenheim, Germany