Korangadu is a traditional grazing land in the semiarid tract in the districts of Erode, Karur and Dindigul in Tamil Nadu state, South India. Annual rainfall in the area is about 650 mm. The grassland provides livelihood for local communities who are depending upon livestock keeping. Korangadu grasslands are managed on sound management practices tested over hundreds of years. The paddocks are a typical combination of grasses, legumes and trees, fenced with live thorny shrubs.

Korangadu is known as the breeding tract of “Kangeyam” cattle, which supply good quality plough and draught bullocks, local buffaloes and native breeds of sheep (“Mayilambadi” breed) and goats. However, the maintenance of these unique breeds and the sustainable traditional grassland management practices are now threatened by several factors, above all a lack of awareness of the benefits from this system for the region.