Description: Das Projekt "D2: Efficiency of smallholder animal husbandry depending on intensity of management and genetic potential of livestock in mountainous regions of Northern Vietnam" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Tierproduktion in den Tropen und Subtropen durchgeführt. In the mountainous regions of northern Vietnam, high land pressure hampers the expansion of agricultural production. Smallholder farmers seek to improve their livelihood by integrating and extending livestock husbandry. In the more densely populated mountain valleys, land resources per household are extremely scarce and pig production at a relatively intensive level is the principal livestock component. The steep hill side areas are less densely populated and extensive communal grazing systems with indigenous cattle and small ruminants prevail. Low and unsteady short- and long term resource availability in these marginal areas largely limits the possibilities to intensify livestock production systems. This situation calls for options to increase production efficiency through improved resource utilisation. Special emphasis must be placed in this context on appropriate and sustainable livestock breeding and management programmes to avoid resource mining by keeping inappropriate genotypes not adequately integrated in the actual farming systems. At present, no such livestock breeding and management programmes exist for resource poor smallholder systems, mainly because of the limited knowledge on the 'productive adaptability' (i.e. performance under harsh production conditions) of the locally available livestock. Knowledge on which genotypes to use in breeding programmes is scarce. On-station performance testing and breeding programmes developed there from at high cost are of little value, because of important genotype-environment interactions. The present study aims at: - identifying livestock genotypes of autochthonous and exotic provenance which make most efficient use of the scarce resources available for livestock production, - developing appropriate and sustainable village breeding programmes based on these genotypes. In this context, research will focus on (a) holistic analysis of smallholder livestock production systems, considering different livestock species and levels of production intensity, (b) identification of smallholder production and breeding objectives, with special emphasis on risk and non-economic factors, (c) testing on-farm research methods in order to determine the 'productive adaptability' of local livestock populations, (d) assessing resource use efficiency of livestock production through modelling on herd level, (e) integrating participatory acceptance assessment into the methodological approach to predict the adoption potential. The study area will cover a gradient from the bottom of a mountain valley to the hill tops. (abridged text)
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Schwein ? Wiederkäuer ? Besiedlung ? Genotyp ? Skigebiet ? Tierhaltung ? Vieh ? Viehbestand ? Vietnam ? Nicht erneuerbarer Rohstoff ? Pflanzenproduktion ? Tierproduktion ? Übriger Bergbau ? Viehzucht ? Landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb ? Agrarproduktion ? Risikoanalyse ? Integrierter Pflanzenschutz ? Anpassungsfähigkeit ? Studie ? Systemanalyse ? Artenbestand ? Tropengebiet ? Berg ? Hochgebirge ? Natürliche Ressourcen ? Analyseverfahren ? Modellierung ? Beweidung ? Dorf ? Rohstoffreserve ? Nachhaltige Produktion ? Nicht erneuerbare Ressource ? Bewertung ? Beteiligung ? Umwelt ? Ressource ? Züchtung ? Tal ? Ressourcenbewirtschaftung ? Gebirge ? Ressourcennutzung ? Risiko ? Nachhaltige Bewirtschaftung ? Kommunalebene ? Kosten ? Bewirtschaftungssystem ? Brutplatz ? Standortbedingung ? Effizienzsteigerung ? Ressourceneffizienz ? Forschung ? Landwirtschaft ? Ressourcenverfügbarkeit ? Ballungsraum ? Inzucht ? Lebensgrundlage ? Produktionsfaktor ? Akzeptanz ? Wechselwirkung ? Wissensmanagement ?
Region: Baden-Württemberg
Bounding box: 9° .. 9° x 48.5° .. 48.5°
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 2000-01-01 - 2003-12-31
Webseite zum Förderprojekt
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