Open AccessEFFECTIVE USE OF REMOTE AND NEAR-VILLAGE PASTURES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
Author(s) -
Aibyn Torekhanov,
Alla Ivanovna Sabirova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
problemy agrorynka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-9991
pISSN - 1817-728X
DOI - 10.46666/2020-4-2708-9991.02
Subject(s) - livestock , pasture , grazing , geography , animal husbandry , overgrazing , fodder , agriculture , population , agroforestry , human settlement , arid , environmental protection , agricultural economics , forestry , environmental science , ecology , biology , demography , archaeology , sociology , economics
The article is devoted to the discussion of issues related to the rational use of pasture lands, which form the basis of fodder base of animal husbandry. On the basis of statistical data on the presence of huge areas of pasture turnover and their feed capacity in the republic, the possibility of producing inexpensive ecologically clean livestock products on them is justified. Half of them (100 mln ha) are currently withdrawn from agricultural use and are classified as reserve lands. Their use in the near futureis a large reserve for improving food supply of the country's population with meat and meat products, and for increasing exports. The authors note that Kazakhstan has adopted a project to export 60 of thous. tons of beef. For production of such quantity of meat, it is necessary to keep livestock weighing 120 thous. tons, or about 300 thous. heads of cattle slaughtered annually for the sale of exported beef. It was revealed that 15% of the available pasture lands, or 26.5 mln ha, are degraded, a significant part of them are located in the territory belonging to rural settlements. This is the reason for the deterioration of the environment in rural areas. The article provides data from many years of research by scientists on seasonal pastures "spring-summer-autumn" suitable for grazing of cattle, their area is 68 mln ha, including in arid and desert regions - about 22.8 mln ha.