Tara Boekhout & Marcel Rutten Radboud University ... - IUCN

Quality of grazing land
Table 1. Reasons for the negative trend of quality of pasture
1 Longer dry seasons 98.5
2 Less rainfall 96.9
3 Urbanization 96.9
4 Less flooding of river/drying of water sources 89.2
5 New (fenced) activities 86.2
6 More shambas encroaching on pasture 75.4
7 Higher temperatures 73.8
8 More wildlife competing over grass 69.2
9 Lack of finances to buy/lease pasture 60.0
10 More animals (overgrazing – erosion)) 56.3
11 Salinization of groundwater 24.2
12 Salty water flooding 21.0
13 (Bad) invading plant species 15.0
14 Less animals (undergrazing – shrub/bush) 10.8
Source: Fieldwork 2011
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