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Evolution of sedentary pastoralism in South India: Case study of Kangayam grassland [1]

The livelihoods of poor livestock keepers in India primarily depend on the productivity of edible biomass available from common property resources (CPRs) like village commons, the roadsides, along railway tracts, canals, bunds etc. A pro-poor livestock development programme should focus on rejuvenating these resources through enabling policy measures and appropriate technology interventions which may increase the productivity of these lands, thereby increasing the livestock productivity dependant on them.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
Anil Kumar [2], S Natarajan [3], Nagaratna B Biradar & et al [4]
Wastelands News [5]
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Grasslands [6], Livestock [7], Biomass [8], Common Property Resources [9], Tamil Nadu [10], Farmers [11], Land Use [12], Cattle [13], India [14]
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