Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health
This Innovation Brief explored the concept of opportunistic grazing as a sustainable tool to enhance rangeland health. Opportunistic grazing involved allowing livestock to graze on available forage during favorable conditions, effectively utilizing high-quality forage and improving ecosystem health....
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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
2024
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| author | Louhaichi, Mounir Gamoun, Mouldi |
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| description | This Innovation Brief explored the concept of opportunistic grazing as a sustainable tool to enhance rangeland health. Opportunistic grazing involved allowing livestock to graze on available forage during favorable conditions, effectively utilizing high-quality forage and improving ecosystem health. This approach promoted better livestock nutrition, enhanced rangeland biodiversity, and mitigated overgrazing by concentrating grazing pressure during periods of rapid plant growth. Key benefits included improved animal health, reduced soil compaction, and flexibility for pastoralists to adapt to variable climatic conditions. By mimicking natural herbivory, opportunistic grazing fostered a balanced distribution of grazing pressure and supported long-term rangeland productivity. |
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| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spelling | CGSpace1688602026-01-15T02:11:33Z Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health Louhaichi, Mounir Gamoun, Mouldi sustainability rangeland health livestock nutrition opportunistic grazing ecosystem management. This Innovation Brief explored the concept of opportunistic grazing as a sustainable tool to enhance rangeland health. Opportunistic grazing involved allowing livestock to graze on available forage during favorable conditions, effectively utilizing high-quality forage and improving ecosystem health. This approach promoted better livestock nutrition, enhanced rangeland biodiversity, and mitigated overgrazing by concentrating grazing pressure during periods of rapid plant growth. Key benefits included improved animal health, reduced soil compaction, and flexibility for pastoralists to adapt to variable climatic conditions. By mimicking natural herbivory, opportunistic grazing fostered a balanced distribution of grazing pressure and supported long-term rangeland productivity. 2024-11-30 2025-01-10T21:44:52Z 2025-01-10T21:44:52Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168860 en Open Access application/pdf International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas Louhaichi, M. Gamoun, M. 2024. Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health. Innovation Brief. Tunis, Tunisia: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). |
| spellingShingle | sustainability rangeland health livestock nutrition opportunistic grazing ecosystem management. Louhaichi, Mounir Gamoun, Mouldi Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| title | Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| title_full | Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| title_fullStr | Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| title_short | Opportunistic grazing: An efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| title_sort | opportunistic grazing an efficient tool for enhancing rangeland health |
| topic | sustainability rangeland health livestock nutrition opportunistic grazing ecosystem management. |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168860 |
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