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Increasing resilience of livestock migration in the arid areas of India
This is a white paper that describes the results of a household survey of migratory pastoralists as well as results from GPS collar and land classification that tells us what type of forage resources pastoralists are ...
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services
A key component of this project is the capacity development of all concerned stakeholders. In particular agro-pastoral communities with emphasis on woman. Research activity is developed with community involvement to insure ...
Silvopasture for the state of Rajasthan (India)
Blog on silvopasture entitled "Improving Dryland Agronomic Practices one Pastoralist at a Time"
Managing rangelands: promoting sustainable grass forage species: Birdwood grass (Cenchrus setigerus): A resilient, drought-tolerant perennial grass for pastures in hot, dry areas
Cenchrus setigerus, commonly known as Birdwood grass, is one of the most drought-tolerant perennial grasses. Native to East Africa and Western Asia between latitudes 30⁰N and 30⁰S, this grass occurs naturally in areas with ...
Pastoral Land Use and Grazing Measurement through Remotely Sensed Data
About 60 percent of the world's pasture land (about 2.2 million sq km), just less than half the world's usable surface is covered by grazing systems. These are distributed between arid, semi arid and sub humid, humid, ...
Identify NRM options for sustainable management community silvopasture systems for enhanced biomass productivity, biodiversity & livestock production
This is a face to face workshop with farmers to promote silvopastoral practices, in the meeting the community generated rules that they should follow that are linked with the government funds for community development. ...
NRM and institutional options for sustainable management of silvipasture systems on community and private lands for enhanced eco-system services II
This is a list of participants for the training with their sign in. There were 55 male and 53 female participants.
Improving a Transhumance Livestock System of India with Modern Technologies
Traditional livestock rearing systems in grasslands evolved in response to social, climatic, vegetative and technological conditions that existed scores, hundreds, or in some cases thousands of years ago. Many of these ...
Sustainable Intensification of Silvopasture Systems & Assessing Adaptability and Utilization Potential of Opuntia ficus-indica in Low Rainfall Regions of India Projects. Technical Reports
India holds a substantial rangeland area, most of which is in the state of Rajasthan. The livestock sector is vital for the rural poor in the region and it is the main source of income. Advanced degradation of rangelands ...
Sustainable intensification of Sivi-pastoral system (CPR) - List of Participants
To increase awareness of agro-silvopastoral communities about the benefits of silvopasture a field awareness day was organized