China's pastoral region
This book is about preserving and improving the livelihood of pastoral communities in northern and north western China. The focus is on sheep and wool; on people who raise the sheep, especially minority nationalities; and on degradation of the rangelands on which the animals and ultimately the herdsmen and their families depend. Since the book is based on extensive fieldwork spanning four and a half years, it is unique in that it presents a comprehensive picture of a remote but fascinating and increasingly important part of the world
Print Book, English, ©1993
CAB International in association with ACIAR, Wallingford, ©1993
xxv, 350 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
9780851988900, 0851988903
30158277
1: Background 2: Outline of research project 3: Research objectives 4: Brief rationale for the project 5: Research methodology 6: Research methods 7: Research difficulties 8: Some characteristics of the pastoral region 9: Levels of administration 10: Pastoral provinces/Autonomous regions 11: Chinese sheep and wool scene 12: Wool grading and sheep breeds 13: Sheep production systems and sheep - raising localities 14: Sheep and wool in pastoral provinces 15: Organisation of production 16: Wool marketing 17: Provincial Case Studies 18: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 19: Identifying the pastoral areas of MAR 20: Physical details 21: Livestock improvement programs 22: Animal husbandry research and extension organisations 23: Introduction to the household production responsibility system 24: Trends in income and wool pricing 25: Gansu Province 26: Identifying the pastoral areas of Gansu 27: Physical details 28: Sheep breeds and improvement programs 29: Animal husbandry research and extension organisations 30: Introduction to the household production responsibility system 31: Economic conditions in pastoral areas of Gansu 32: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region 33: Identifying the pastoral areas of XUAR 34: Physical details 35: Administration of agriculture and animal husbandry in the XUAR 36: Xinjiang production and construction corp 37: Livestock improvement programs 38: Xinjiang animal husbandry industrial and commercial company 39: Other economic issues 40: County Case Studies 41: Resource endowment, improvements to production conditions in the pastoral systems and socio-economic development in Balinyou, Wongniute, Aohan, Alukeerqin, Wushen, Sunan, Dunhuang, Tianzhu, Cabucaer and Hebuksaier Counties 42: The Big Picture 43: Constraints to development in pastoral areas 44: Population pressures 45: Market distortions 46: Institutional uncertainties 47: Technical improvements 48: Policy options and conclusions