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

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MAGNUS HALLING<br />

SARDI<br />

Grassl<strong>and</strong> perspectives 485<br />

Plate 12.11<br />

Alfalfa or lucerne (Medicago sativa ).<br />

Plate 12.12<br />

Persian clover or shaftal (Trifolium resupinatum).<br />

In <strong>the</strong> Hindu Kush-Himalaya region, fodders are grown, especially<br />

in Afghanistan <strong>and</strong> Pakistan ; alfalfa (Plate 12.11) <strong>and</strong> shaftal (Trifolium<br />

resupinatum) (Plate 12.12) are important, but <strong>the</strong> areas are restricted by lack<br />

<strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong>. Vast areas <strong>of</strong> fodder are produced in <strong>the</strong> irrigated tracts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> plains

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