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of group herding so that families can collaborate to hire a common herder
to manage their joint herds; and, second, by allocating grazing rights and
responsibility for pasture maintenance to such groups.
Much marginal land has been ploughed to produce meagre crops of cereals,
which has largely been used for stock feed. Such land can be returned to
grassland fairly simply: steppe is relatively easy to restore when cropland is
abandoned to fallow . If economic conditions are propitious, it can be reseeded
– reseeding techniques and adapted ecotypes of suitable grasses are known.
Sown grasses may bring temporary relief , but they should be sufficiently persistent
and economically justified, compared with spontaneous fallow grasses.
Sown pastures require careful husbandry and considerable expertise. Return
of large areas of unprofitable cropland to grassland makes sense both environmentally
and economically.
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