Desertification and regeneration : modelling the impact of market reforms on central asian rangelands

Objective

The objective of this project is to contribute to policies that promote environmentally sustainable and profitable pastoral livestock industries in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. To achieve this goal, remote-sensed data will be used to identify desertification patterns at selected study sites. Satellite-based environmental assessments will be combined with inter-disciplinary field studies that show why grazing systems are changing and how these changes affect desertification processes. Results of these studies will be integrated into a model that predicts how pastoral households will respond to changes in government policy, shifts in market prices or fluctuations in stock numbers. The model will be used to forecast the environmental impact of alternative policies and to identify improved husbandry practices for private flock operators. Results will be disseminated to national policy makers, international donor agencies, and representatives of local producer groups. Training and material support provided by the project will improve the capacity of Central Asian research institutes to conduct similar work in the future.

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

MACAULAY LAND USE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Address

Craigiebuckler
AB15 8QH Aberdeen
United Kingdom

Participants (9)

C. J. J. LUNCH

United Kingdom

Address

Gorstow Road - Wolvercoat Lock
OX2 8PL Oxford

CENTRE DE COOPERATION INTERNATIONALE EN RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - CIRAD

France

Address

Campus International De Baillarguet
34398 Montpellier

IC CONSULTANTS LTD

United Kingdom

Address

47,Prince's Gate 47, Exhibition Road
SW7 2QA London

INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY DEVELOPMENT

Turkmenistan

Address

Gerogly Ul. 70
744012 Ashgabat

INSTITUTE OF BOTANY & PHYTOINTRODUCTION

Kazakhstan

Address

Timiryazeva St. 44
480090 Almaty

KAZAK SHEEP BREEDING INSTITUTE

Kazakhstan

Address

Mynbaeva Set.
483174 Mynbaeva, Almaty Oblast

KAZAKSTAN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PASTURE & FODDER

Kazakhstan

Address

Dzandosov Str. 31
480035 Almaty

MR JAMES ELLIS

United States

Address

Mc Murry Ranch Road 6700
80512 Bellevue Colorado

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESERTS, FLORA & FAUNA

Turkmenistan

Address

Bitarap Turkmenistan 15
744000 Ashgabat