Problem affecting pasture and rangeland management in the Himalayan region of Nepal
Nepal is landlocked mountainous country with an area of 147,181 sq.km.The elevation varies from 67m above sea level at Kechana Kalan, Jhapa,in southeastern Teria to 8848 m at Mt.Sagarmatha, the highest peak in the world.Ecologically the country is divided into three regions east to west.The Mountains (4877 to 8848 masl), the hills (610 to 4877 masl) and the Terai (flat low land of Indo Gangetic plains) ; they occupy 35,42, and 23 percent of the total country land areas, respectively.Nepalese economy is dominated by agriculture and currently the contribution of the agriculture sector to National Gross Domestic Product (NGDP) is 36.5 per cent and that of livestock to agriculture Gross Domestic Product (AGDP) is 27.66 per cent (MOAC, 2005/06).At present, about 1.74 m ha, ( about 12％ of the area of the country), constitutes pasture land.Approximately 78 per cent of the rangelands are located at high altitude regions in the northern belt of Nepal bordering Tibet (LRMP,1986).The grazing lands except the alpine meadows are under heavy grazing pressure (Pariyar, 1995).The mid‐hills and the open grazing lands are stocked by about 13 times more than its carrying capacity and the steppe grazing lands by about 19 times, where as the alpine meadows is under‐stocked by just 45％.However, the carrying capacity of the above rangelands could be significantly improved by adopting improved management practices and introduction of some exotic species.
carrying capacity stocking rate controlled and systematic grazing indigenous pasture species
Chaudhary ,N.P
Program Director,Directorate of Livestock Production,Harihar Bhawan,Lalitpur,Nepal
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）