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

S.G. REYNOLDS
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Plate 11.13
Herder with sheep , Inner Mongolia , China .
Plate 11.14
Horse herd near Hailar City, Inner Mongolia , China.
fed on crop residues , some sown pasture and limited rough grazing if available.
The pasture of family farms still belong to the state and families pay according
to a Long-term Grassland Use Contract with the government; the livestock
belong to the family. In the past decade, the government has put the “Longterm
contract grassland use system” into force with great effort. Under this
system, grassland productivity is improved by subdividing pastures and allocating
long-term grazing right to individual families based on the number of
family members, with fencing (Plate 11.18), homestead and barn, establishing
artificial grassland and building infrastructure for water and electricity supply.
In places, motorcycles are replacing horses (Plate 11.19).