Track 3-01: Improving Livelihoods from Grasslands by Balancing Human Needs and the Environment
Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
Grasslands in many developing countries around the world are suffering from degradation, principally as a result of greater grazing pressure from increasing livestock numbers (Kemp and Michalk 2007). In Taipusi County (41°35′ to 42°10′N; 114°51′ to 115°49′ E) of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, traditional winter grazing on pastures with virtually no herbage mass is thought to be exacerbating the grassland condition, as well as being counter-productive to animal production (Zheng et al. 2010). This paper describes a feasibility study of utilizing existing sheds to house sheep during the winter.
Citation
Zheng, Yang; Takahashi, Taro; and Kemp, David R., "Greenhouse Sheds for Increasing Livestock Bodyweight in Taipusi, Inner Mongolia" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 11.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/3-1/11)
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Greenhouse Sheds for Increasing Livestock Bodyweight in Taipusi, Inner Mongolia
Sydney, Australia
Grasslands in many developing countries around the world are suffering from degradation, principally as a result of greater grazing pressure from increasing livestock numbers (Kemp and Michalk 2007). In Taipusi County (41°35′ to 42°10′N; 114°51′ to 115°49′ E) of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, traditional winter grazing on pastures with virtually no herbage mass is thought to be exacerbating the grassland condition, as well as being counter-productive to animal production (Zheng et al. 2010). This paper describes a feasibility study of utilizing existing sheds to house sheep during the winter.
