Propuesta de Manejo mejorado de pasturas en la economía de ganaderos de la sierra norte de Perú

Dairy farming constitutes the economic main activity of a significant number of families in the northern highlands of Peru. Their economic results have been affected by the low average yield of milk per milking cow. This study was carried out with the objective of establishing a proposal that allows increasing the productive and economic results of farmers in the northern highlands of Peru, based on an improvement in traditional pasture management. The study contrasts traditional pasture management with a proposal that we have called improved pasture management. This comparison is made based on one hectare of land used for grazing milking livestock. The scarce fertilization of the soils, grazing frequencies of 70 days or more, and no conservation of forages characterize traditional pasture management. This will be replaced by fertilization according to the needs identified by chemical analysis of the soil, grazing frequencies of 40 days, renewal of pastures through of the replanting and conservation of the surplus forage during the rainy season to be used as hay in the dry season. Replanted and fertilized areas of soil increase pasture production by 100%, on the other hand, using grazing frequencies of less than 70 days, the concentration of nutrients is greater and the percentage of weeds is reduced. It is concluded that the proposed improvement generates an economic result that allows financing the necessary investments and increases the income levels of the farmers.