Rotational Grazing
Type: Technologies
Creation: 2011-03-02 19:13 Updated: 2019-08-07 13:09
Compilers: Mehmet Zengin
Reviewers: Fabian Ottiger, Alexandra Gavilano
Country/ region/ locations where the Technology has been applied and which are covered by this assessment
- Country: Türkiye
- Region/ State/ Province: Konya
- Further specification of location (e.g. municipality, town, etc.), if relevant: Karapinar
- Map: View Map
Description of the SLM Technology
Short description of the Technology
Allowing livestocks to graze in pasturelands in a periodic and regular manner.
Detailed description of the Technology
Sheep breeding has been very common for a long time in the Karapinar district. Sheep grazes in 50 km2 pasture area within the DESIRE hotspot during summers and they are fed in stables in winters. Pasture areas are degraded due to lack of rain, overgrazing and no-remediation. Farmers allow their livestock to go out from early spring onwards due to expensive feed costs in stables. A pasture can not feed sheep efficiently due to high numbers of sheep, early grazing and soil weakness due to high wind erosion. If a part of pasture is grazed one year, the remaining parts will be grazed coming year, in this way pastures are rested in rotation. So, in rested pastures soil erosion will be minimum since herb growth is good for the next year.
Photos of the Technology
- 📍 Karapinar, Konya
- 📷 Sanem Acikalin