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Income increase with precision management: Sunan demonstration farm (3000m on QTP)
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income increased 50%
sheep numbers decreased 25%
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Farm demonstrations
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50% reduction in stocking rate maintains herder income – farm demonstrations
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With the help of this program Prof Han Guodong and colleagues demonstrated that reduced stocking rates were feasible for the desert steppe
Stock numbers have now dropped for the ~4,000 herder households in this County
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Livestock production systems can be re-organised to reduce grazing pressure manage above critical herbage mass
improve grassland condition improve household income
Re-organise markets to drive these changes
Achieving change
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Mongolia (no fences)• landlocked country in East-Central
Asia: N42-520, E1200
• capital: Ulaanbaatar (~50% of the population)
• area: 1,564,116 km²• population: 2,951,786 (1 Jan 2012)• average precipitation: 200-300mm • winter minimum temp: <−30 °C• highest mountain: 4374m• water cover: 0.43%• density: 2 people / km² September 2019Sustainable Chinese & Mongolian Grassland © 20
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Major ecosystems of Mongolia