NAME OF COUNTRY
MAP & FLAG
Highlight regions and agro-ecological zones
1. INTRODUCTION
Country location
Land area, arable and pastoral areas
Ruminant sector (species, breeds, numbers,
production, exports)
Farming sectors (brief details of land tenure,
farm size, socio-economic issues, marketing etc)
2. SOILS AND TOPOGRAPHY
Major topographic features
Major soil types
3. CLIMATE AND AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES
General climate - effects of topography
Agro-ecological zones
Major agricultural enterprises in each zone
4. RUMINANT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Traditional systems: pastoral systems including transhumance and
nomadism, agropastoral systems, mixed smallholder systems, landless
systems
Commercial systems including ranching
Feeding systems (grazing, stall-feeding, tethering
etc.)
Integration of livestock into farming systems
(rice based systems, plantation systems, etc.)
Limitations (pest/disease, stock water, access
to bulls/AI)
Socio-economic limitations (pasture legislation,
land tenure, communal pastures, security, poor market access, poor
educational infrastructure for training and extension, scarcity
of land, incompatibility of grazing livestock with farming systems)
5. THE PASTURE RESOURCE
Description of main vegetation zones, grassland
types
Improved pastures,sown forages, crop residues
Limitations of forage resource (infertile
soils, poor quality of native pastures, poor pasture management,
weeds, lack of access to high quality seed/vegetative planting materials)
6. OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PASTURE
RESOURCES
Opportunities ( improved management,adjustment
of legislation, social organization, pasture rehabilitation, weed
control, new pasture species, greater use of legumes, better integration
of forages into farming systems, local production of seed, fodder
trees and shrubs)
7. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
AND PERSONNEL
Outline key technical support and research
institutions and personnel and their current research priorities
List contact people
8. REFERENCES
10-20 key references
9. CONTACTS
Brief notes on author of profile (plus photo)
and the name and address of the custodian(s) of the Profile for
updating etc.