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Assessment of Grassland Carrying Capacity and Grass–Livestock Balance in the Three River Headwaters Region Under Different Scenarios [PDF]

Biology
It is crucial to clarify the grassland carrying capacity (CC) and the balance between grass and livestock under different scenarios for ecological protection and sustainable development in the Three River Headwaters Region (TRHR).
Wenjing Li, Qiong Luo, Zhe Chen, Yanlin Liu, Zhouyuan Li, Wenying Wang   +5 more
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Grass-livestock balance under the joint influences of climate change, human activities and ecological protection on Tibetan Plateau

Ecological Indicators
Grasslands are important terrestrial ecosystems and key sources of primary productivity for livestock on Earth. It is very important to clarify the trend of the balance between grassland and livestock for sustainable development.
Lingyan Yan, Lingqiao Kong, Lijing Wang, Li Zhang, Jinming Hu, Zhiyun Ouyang   +5 more
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Estimation of Demand and Supply Balance of Livestock Feed in Haru District, Western Ethiopia [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Background Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa, making livestock crucial for food security and rural livelihoods in the country. However, the scarcity of feed, both in quantity and quality, is a major limiting factor in improving ...
Tamene Bayissa, Belay Duguma, Kassahun Dessalegn   +2 more
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Sustainable application of GF-6 WFV satellite data in desert steppe: A village-scale grazing study in China

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
This study investigated the vegetation growth and forage-livestock balance of desert grasslands at the village scale. This study was chosen to be conducted in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, where desert grasslands are widely distributed and fragility
Yuxun Zhang, Yuxun Zhang, Lei Wang, Lei Wang, Xinguo Yang, Xinguo Yang, Yuan Sun, Naiping Song, Naiping Song   +8 more
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Pastoral Differentiations’ Effects on Willingness to Accept Valuation for Grassland Eco-Subsidy—Empirical Study of 410 Herder Households in Grass–Livestock Balance Sub-Policy Zones in Inner Mongolia, China

Sustainability, 2023
China’s Grassland Eco-Subsidy Program has been implemented since 2011 to protect and sustain grassland resources and improve the economic situation of herders. In this case study, we aimed to evaluate the policy from the perspective of pastoral differentiations and their willingness to accept (WTA) the eco-subsidy. Using the contingent valuation method
Jiayu Dong, Zimeng Ren, Xinling Zhang, Xiaoling Liu   +3 more
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Silvopastoral systems: how to use them for carbon neutral milk production?

Carbon Management, 2021
The potential of tree component neutralization was studied to understand the relationship between livestock, forest production and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Bruno Leão Said Schettini, Laércio Antônio Gonçalves Jacovine, Silvio Nolasco de Oliveira Neto, Carlos Moreira Miquelino Eleto Torres, Samuel José Silva Soares da Rocha, Paulo Henrique Villanova, Amana de Magalhães Matos Obolari, Maria Paula Miranda Xavier Rufino   +7 more
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Combining livestock production information in a process-based vegetation model to reconstruct the history of grassland management [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2016
Grassland management type (grazed or mown) and intensity (intensive or extensive) play a crucial role in the greenhouse gas balance and surface energy budget of this biome, both at field scale and at large spatial scale.
J. Chang, P. Ciais, M. Herrero, P. Havlik, M. Campioli, X. Zhang, Y. Bai, N. Viovy, J. Joiner, X. Wang, S. Peng, C. Yue, S. Piao, T. Wang, D. A. Hauglustaine, J.-F. Soussana, A. Peregon, N. Kosykh, N. Mironycheva-Tokareva   +18 more
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An Intelligent Grazing Development Strategy for Unmanned Animal Husbandry in China

Drones, 2023
Grazing is the most important and lowest cost means of livestock breeding. Because of the sharp contradiction between the grassland ecosystem and livestock, the grassland ecosystem has tended to degrade in past decades in China; therefore, the ecological
Yuanyang Cao, Tao Chen, Zichao Zhang, Jian Chen   +3 more
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Evaluation of the standards of subsidy and reward for grassland ecological protection: A case study of Shannan City [PDF]

Ziyuan Kexue, 2023
[Objective] Grassland ecological protection subsidy and reward is an effective means to promote grassland ecological protection and help farmers and herders to increase their income, and the standards of subsidy and reward directly affect the effects of ...
LI Hongqing, YANG Yu, LI Wenqi, LIU Shenyi, ZHANG Junhong
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Pastoral Differentiations on WTA Valuation for Grassland Eco-Subsidy – Empirical Study of 410 Herder Households in Grass-Livestock Balance Sub-Policy Zones in Inner Mongolia, China

, 2023
China’s Grassland Eco-Subsidy Program has been implemented since 2011 to protect and sustain grassland resources and improve the economic situation of herders. In this case study, we evaluated the policy from the perspective of pastoral differentiations and their willingness to accept (WTA) the eco-subsidy.
Jiayu Dong, Zimeng Ren, Xinling Zhang, Xiaoling Liu   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source