Track 3-07: Traditional Knowledge, Practices and Grassland Systems
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Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
Mongolian pastoralism is a treasured “art” and tradition, honoured for its resourcefulness and maintained by the national social and political environment, but in the modern world it is an anachronism. Modern market requirements, enforced by domestic and international consumers, are rendering current Mongolian pastoralism unsustainable. Traditional nomadic herding is a subsistence activity. The products of modern herders are traded in domestic and international markets, hence modern nomadic herding is a profit making activity, in which product specification to satisfy consumers has to be the driver for grazing management and pasture utilisation considerations.
Citation
van Gelder, Ralph; Brown, Nigel; and Shombodon, Dorlig, "Mongolian Pastoralism–Nomadism and Marketing" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 3.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/3-7/3)
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Mongolian Pastoralism–Nomadism and Marketing
Sydney, Australia
Mongolian pastoralism is a treasured “art” and tradition, honoured for its resourcefulness and maintained by the national social and political environment, but in the modern world it is an anachronism. Modern market requirements, enforced by domestic and international consumers, are rendering current Mongolian pastoralism unsustainable. Traditional nomadic herding is a subsistence activity. The products of modern herders are traded in domestic and international markets, hence modern nomadic herding is a profit making activity, in which product specification to satisfy consumers has to be the driver for grazing management and pasture utilisation considerations.
