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Resource Management and Food Security of Small Scale Farming Systems in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan

The upland grasslands and meadows are one of the most important natural resources in Kyrgyzstan, covering up to 85 % of the designated agricultural areas. Most of the crop and livestock based small scale farms are located there, faced with degradation and loss of biodiversity due to overgrazing. Hence, proper pasture land management is one of the key issues to ensure long-term productivity for the farmers in the region. To increase proper management on pasture land, regulations to avoid overgrazing were enforced by the government, however, without much success until now. One of the main reasons for little success is the lack of knowledge about the prevailing small scale farming systems — their production systems, their resource management, their household economy and food security status and about the objectives and targets of the farm families. Agricultural research largely focuses, like during soviet time, on the economic development of large scale farming. 

 

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Lugar: Tropentag, September 16-18, 2015, Berlin, Germany
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Autor: Azamat Azarov , Martin Klaus Maurer , Dietrich Darr , Horst Weyerhaeuser
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Año: 2015
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País(es): Kyrgyzstan
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Tipo: Conferencia/Reunión
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English
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