Grasslands of the World.pdf - Disasters and Conflicts - UNEP

S.G. REYNOLDS
S.G. REYNOLDS
Introduction 7
Plate 1.10
Cattle grazing under coconuts.
Plate 1.11
Improved pastures – Brazil.
also need fencing and water reticulation. Since grazing requires fairly large,
enclosed areas to be managed effectively, sown pasture is not really suited to
smallholder farms.
Sown fodder, often irrigated in semi -arid areas, can provide conserved fodder
for winter use, and examples are given in the chapters on North America,
Patagonia , Russia and the Campos . Fodder growing is traditional in some
smallholder areas, but, unlike sown pasture , fodder can be used on any size
of farm , not only large ones, whether for use green or conserved; how it has