Common Property Resources - Livestock
Livestock and Commons: Policy Perspectives for Rainfed Regions of India
The objective of this policy paper, developed by the Foundation for Ecological Security, is to present a narrative of the options available for common property resource management considering the diversity of socio-economic groups engaged in this production system in different ecological, institutional and political contexts.
[FES]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Common Property Institutions]
Watershed Development and Livestock Rearing- Experiences and Learning from the Watershed Organisation Trust, Maharashtra, India
The study demonstrates how watershed development has immense scope to secure livestock-based livelihoods and, at the same time, build the natural resource base.
[Watershed Organisation Trust(WOTR)]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Indo-German Watershed Development Programme (IGWDP)]
[Maharashtra]
Building Consensus and Joint Strategies for Fodder Development and Resource Management – Rapid Appraisal of Agriculture Knowledge Systems, a Multi Stakeholder Process
This Good Practice note highlights the need for greater interaction and collaboration between different stake-holders dependent on the same natural resource base and responsible for its development and management.
[Centre for peoples forestry(CPF)]
[WOTR]
[Andhra Pradesh]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Intercooperation]
[CALPI]
Promoting a Productive and Sustainable Fodder Programme: Oats as a Potential High Altitude Winter Fodder Crop
The note documents how this fodder promotion program benefited alpine communities and the support provided by way of leasing land and assistance for fencing material. These initiatives contributed positively to sustaining yak herds in the alpine regions.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Oats]
[Bhutan]
[Winter Fodder]
Enriching community pastures - Villagers of Gudha Gokulpura in Bundi, Rajasthan take the lead
The note shows how community protection and management of the commons has led both to increasing the output of grasses and thereby promoting livestock development, and has also contributed to improving the water table with a resultant increase in the area under cultivation and improved crop productivity.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[BAIF]
[BUNDI]
Development of Village Institutions for Equitable & Sustainable Access to Natural Resources
The document highlights the need to ensure and enable community participation in interventions related to the management and governance of natural resources especially forests and open pasture lands.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Udaipur]
[Rajasthan]
Management of Rangelands Through Controlled Shrub Burning
This potential Good Practice Note details the results of a study undertaken by the Department of Livestock in Paro Dzongkhag (district), Bhutan, wherein trials were conducted of controlled burning of shrubs in the alpine areas of Soe Yaksa, to assess the effect on regeneration of grasses, forbs, broadleaf and edible shrub species.
[Rangelands]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Bhutan]
[Feed and Fodder]
Building Fodder Security in Rural Areas: Validation of Traditional Knowledge on Fodder and its Reintegration into Livelihoods
This note highlights the importance of engaging members of the community in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge regarding feed and fodder systems across different agro-ecological regions.
[Traditional Knowledge]
[Livelihoods]
[Andhra Pradesh]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Maharashtra]
[Feed and Fodder]
[ANTHRA]
Willow Silage: An Alternative to Winter Fodder
This Potential Good Practice Note documents the practice of growing willow and ensiling willow twigs and leaves as an alternative winder fodder in the mountainous regions of Bhutan. The technique of silage making is simple, affordable, replicable and user friendly.
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Willow Silage]
[Bhutan]
[Winter Fodder]
Community Ownership and Institutional Mechanisms to Develop CPRs' and Enhance Livelihoods - The Kavalas Way, Rajasthan, India
This Good Practice note documents the community led development of common lands in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, and how representative institutional systems and equitable norms for benefit distribution considerably enhanced the livelihoods of livestock keepers particularly the poor, landless and families below the poverty line.
[BAIF]
[Common Property Resources – Smallholder Livestock Rearing]
[Kavalas]
[Rajasthan]
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