Wazha Mugabe1,2, Lawrence Akanyang1, Mackenzie Nsinamwa1, Batanani Moatswi1, Naledi Matthews1, Kealeboga Dipheko1, Imtiaz Ahmed Ujjan3 and Assar Ali Shah2*
...standing the dynamics on rangeland response to grazing could prove worthy in finding an equilibrium point for optimizing animal productivity, with limited range degradation. Therefore, the current study was aimed at determining and comparing fodder tree species composition along grazing gradient in fenced and unfenced grazing area in the Gaborone North Region. For each study area, two parallel transects measuring 1000 m radiating from the water points (borehol...
Sarfraz Ahmad, Shaista Koukab, Nayyar Razzaq, Muhammad Islam, Aneel Rose*, and Muhammad Aslam**
...urally in many protected rangelands areas. However, its population is declining due to over-exploitation and un-controlled grazing. Traditionally these species are used for the treatment of fever and pain. Annual or German chamomile (Matricaria recutita L.), and perennial chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile) are the most important species all over the world due to multipurpose uses. Field experiments were conducted at Arid Zone Research Centre, Quetta to evaluate th...
Mohammad Umar Farooq* , Sarfraz Ahmad ** , Mohammad Islam and Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar ***
ASSESSING THE STATUS OF CARBON POOL IN TWO RANGELAND GRASSES ( ) IN POTHWAR, REGION, PAKISTAN
...udy was conducted in two rangeland grasses and in field area of Rangeland Research Institute (RRI), National Agricultural Research Centre, (NARC), Islamabad. Carbon is considered as the most important component of green house gases. Carbon sequestration during the photosynthesis process via plant biomass is the extent of this atmospheric gas. Data for above and below phytomass for two rangeland
Asad Ali Khaskheli1*, Gulfam Ali Mughal1, Gul Bahar Khaskheli2, Allah Jurio Khaskheli3, Arshad Ali Khaskheli4, Abdul Samad Magsi5, Ghulam Shabir Barham2, Arab Khan Lund5 and Maqbool Ahmed Jamali4
Sheza Shehzadi1, Mohammad Umar Farooq2*, Rukhsana Kausar1, Ijaz Ali1*, Muhammad Arshad Ullah3 and Maqbool Shahbaz4
Mohamed S. Abbas1*, Adel E.M. Mahmoud2, Hemat S. Mohamed3, Adam Cieślak4 and Małgorzata Szumacher-Strabel4
Rida Ahmad1,2*, Zulfiqar Ali2*, Farkhanda Manzoor1, Usman Ahmad3, Safdar Sidra4, Irfan Zainab2, Muhammad Furqan2, Aliza Batool1,2 and Zaidi Zona2
...r species was maximum in rangelands (0.82) even though it was also observed in six habitats. Furthermore, Western Tragopan was found only in moist temperate habitat with HSI 0.70. The current study revealed that suitable habitat of these species is shrinking mainly due to habitat loss, its fragmentation and hunting pressure. Species prefer habitat with specific characteristics and this paper provides recommendations for the conservation and management of Stepp...
Ashar Farooq1*, Farrukh Waheed1 and Asad Abbas Khan2
...rrying capacity in scrub rangeland of Kherimurat, Punjab. For field data collection, two homogeneous sites i.e., grazed and un-grazed were randomly selected in Compartment No.12 of Kherimurat, scrub rangeland. Reconnaissance of the study area was carried out to layout the transect lines and quadrat method was used to collect the vegetation parameters such as cover percent and forage production. Three transect lines, each of ...
Muhammad Farooq1*, Lal Badshah2 and Sanam Zarif1
...e area. The investigated rangelands are less productive and need rehabilitation through ecological management. This would be possible with participation of local communities and NGOs to make the plant resources sustainable. There is a dire need to provide an alternate source of energy to overcome the burden on rangeland resources.
Key words: Spectrum, Rangeland, Life form, Leaf size, A...
Key words: Spectrum, Rangeland, Life form, Leaf size, A...
Muhammad Yousaf Khan and Raees Khan
...s and bushes 533,523 ha, rangeland 794,471 ha, snow and glaciers 813,530 ha, horticulture is 15,519 ha, barren land (desert) is 646,305 ha, settlements is110,536 ha, and water bodies is 151,688 ha (Land Cover Atlas of Pakistan PFI 2012). Forest is the main revenue source of provincial exchequer till imposition of ban on forest harvesting in 1993 forest was contributing 43% revenue to provincial exchequer. Forest has the tremendous potential and scope for emplo...
Asad Abbas Khan1, Amina Batool2, Muhammad Aslam1, Muhammad Ehtesham Asghar3, Abdul Ghafoor1 and Muhammad Arif1
...ization. Presently these rangelands are desecrated continuously because of high human impact. Contemporary necessity is to reinstate the forage potential by increasing the efficacy of forage species in rangelands by employing various rehabilitation techniques such as reseeding etc. The present study was designed to assess the growth performance and biomass production of reseeded grasses in scrub rang...
Asad Abbas Khan1, Amina Batool2, Muhammad Aslam1, Muhammad Ehtesham Asghar3, Abdul Ghafoor1 and Muhammad Arif1
...ization. Presently these rangelands are desecrated continuously because of high human impact. Contemporary necessity is to reinstate the forage potential by increasing the efficacy of forage species in rangelands by employing various rehabilitation techniques such as reseeding etc. The present study was designed to assess the growth performance and biomass production of reseeded grasses in scrub rang...
Muhammad Farrukh Lateef1, Asad Abbas Khan2 and Muhammad Arif
...at poor condition of the rangeland could be improved by reseeding techniques. ...
Ashar Farooq1; Farid Shah2; Saifullah Zahri2 and Samiullah Jaffar2
...es of arid and semi-arid rangelands of Balochistan. Six (06) species of Seriphidium are found in this region. The dwellers of the area are dependent on livestock to earn their keeps and livestock is dependent on these rangelands. Being a high palatable species, Seriphidium is the main target of large mammals. The experimental work has been carried out in the Maslakh protected area by comparing the cover, height...
Mubashir Jamil Khan1, Asad Abbas Khan2, Amir Saleem1, Lateef M. A.1, Muhammad Aslam1, Muhammad Mushtaq2, Abdul Ghaffoor2 Amna Btool1 and Arsalan Ali Khan1
...rimurat scrub forest and rangelands. General observations of increasing percentage of all nutrients except for dry matter were observed from summer to winter season and then reverse from winter to spring in the major range grass species of Kherimurat....
Sarfraz Hasan Dogar and Ashar Farooq
...cted in Rakh Shadan Lund rangeland of Dera Ghazi Khan during October, 2010 for comparison of forage production & carrying capacity in seeded & unseeded range areas. Reseeding was done during 2009-2010. Data were collected by laying out eight transect lines each 30 meters long, four each in seeded and unseeded areas. Forty quadrats (1x1m) i.e. 20 in seeded area and 20 in unseeded area were studied for forage yield determination. Data were statistically analyzed...
Tariq Mahmood
...jor land use followed by rangelands (23.80%), shrubs & bushes (22.32%) and agricultural land (19.94%).The change detection result shows that there is a considerable increase in Shrub & Bushes (21.33%), followed by Forests (9.76%). It also indicates a considerable decrease in land cover class agriculture land (28.34%), followed by the Rangeland land cover class (4.83%).
Key words: GIS/RS, Forest covers change assessme...
Ashar Farooq and Mubashir Hassan
...ed from Rakh Dagar Kotli rangeland of Thal desert to determine the plant species composition, forage production and carrying capacity of the area to evaluate the current condition of the rangeland. Systematic sampling with random start procedure was adopted to collect the data. The study revealed that species composition of Cenchrus ciliaris was maximum (42.08%) followed by Eleusine flagellifera (27.41%) and
Muhammad Afzal, Amjad Ali Ch., Javaid Ahsan, Shahzad Fazal and Saima Tabassum
.... ...
Muhammad Umar Farooq
...l area of Pakistan These rangelands produce and support more than 91.091 million livestock heads Most importantly, there is a need to improve the production potential of the grasslands of the country by converting them into the sown pastures Several strategies for improving rangelands and realizing sustainable forage yields, have been discussed in the article....
Klaus Euler and Zulfiqar Ali Qazi
...der forests, 24.2% under rangelands, 39.4% under wastelands, 7.6% under water bodies and permanent snow, while 1.4% of its area is under agriculture. Livestock rearing and subsistence agriculture is the mainstay of the local economy With about 32,000 livestock heads, there is a tremendous pressure on the rangelands Reduction in the numbers, better breeds, stall feeding, better marketing facilities, awareness raising, etc. ar...
S. M. Rafique
...ent state of art of arid rangelands, their management constraints and scope of range vegetation evaluation. The results of a case study on Lachi rangelands indicated that the area was rich in plant bio-diversity and there were 36 plant species. Out of it 18 were grass/grazing species, 2 forb species, 10 shrub species and 6 tree species. The bio-mass production was 752 kg (AD)/ha which was quite low. The study further indicat...
Mahmood Nasir and Mohammad Noor
...wan protect family owned rangelands in summer each year by constructing loose stone walls for free grazing during winter In October 1995, species wise cover percent, density and above ground biomass data were collected to detect vegetation differences between protected and unprotected area. Twenty 1 m2 quadrats were studied randomly in both the areas.
The cover percent (10%) and above ground biomass (216 kg/ha) of Chrysopogon aucheri were higher ...
Amjad Ali Chaudhry, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Mushtaque and Barket Ali Awan
...n important Rakh of Thal rangelands. The current study conducted in this particular Rakh revealed a small potential of supporting only 0.177 animal units (AU) per hectare per growing season on a re-seeded and protected pasture. Cenchrus ciliaris stood at the top of the palatable species (24.80%). The other species included Eleucine flagellifera (27.52%) and Elionurus hirsutus (13.85%)....
Syed Zainul Arifeen and Abdul Khaliq Chaudhry
...ses such as agriculture, rangeland, forests and mixed forest, horticulture and agriculture in moist temperate zone at Chikar. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). In this study four sub-catchments were selected. Nine year's (1988-1996) average data showed that both the hydrologic response (16%) and sediment concentration (158 kg/ha) were minimum i.e. for the subcatchment under forest and was maximum i.e. hydrologic response (26%) and sediment yield (332 kg/ha) for th...
Sardar Muhammad Rafique
...ated that poor temperate rangelands
could be rehabilitated by application of suitable fertilizer and control grazing for about 5 years....
Mohammad Noor, Bashir Hussain Shah and Asad Lodhi
...azed area....
Udo Schickhoff Dr.
...om forests into farm and rangelands can be
differentiated into several periods with varying degrees
of intensity. It turns out that the dynamics of
landscape change are heavily dependent on the general
socio-economic conditions. Until the beginning of the
nineteenth century the Kaghan Valley was very thinly
populated. Substantial changes in the distribution of
forests and agricultural lands occurred in the first two
decades of British rule from 1847 to...
Mohammad Saleem and C. A. Call
...onditions on Baluchistan rangelands. Both species were grown in monoculture and in a 50:50 mixture in an 11-month (44-week) greenhouse study. Defoliation treatments were implemented when plants were 32 weeks old; and consisted of: equally clipping (3-cm stubble height) plants in monoculture and mixture zero, one, two or three times at 4-week intervals (32, 36. and 40 weeks after emergence), and clipping (3-cm stubble height) one species in mixture zero, one,...
Javed Afzal, Abdul Sattar Alvi and Sarwat Naz Mirza
...economic return. So, the rangelands are
a valuable natural resource and need to be
managed properly to get sustained maximum
forage and ensure plant cover to halt soil erosion
and further loss of primary productivity....
Mohammad Saleem and C. A. Call
...und on arid and semiarid rangelands in Baluchistan. A controlled environment study
was conducted to determine differences in
leave and tiller development and root
development between seedlings of
Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss.) staph, and
Cymbopogon jwarancusa (Jones) Schult, at 15,
30, 45, and 60 days after emergence.
Chrysopogon aucheri seedlings generally had
greater, but not significantly greater, tiller and
leaf developme...
Mohammad Noor, Mohammad Khan and Gul Nabi
...mprovement of overgrazed rangelands and secondary succession....
*Nasir M. But, **Noor Mohammad, *Sartaj and *M. I. Sultani
...ureum
(A146) in the rangelands of Pothwar tract of Pakistan....
Sultan Maqsood Khan
...re is a great variety of rangelands including
foot-hill ranges, dry temperate ranges and alpine
pastures. In cultivated fields shaftal, Lucerne,
aftermath of agricultural crops, fodder trees and leaf
fall of fruit trees are important sources of livestock
feed. The availability of winter feed is a limiting
factor in the production of livestock. In Northern Areas
100,125 metric tonnes of air dry feed is available
annually against a requirement of 1,212,4...
Anjum Amin and Raja Mohammad Ashfaq
Enhancing range productivity through grass seeding in subtropical semi-arid rangelands near Peshawar
Sultan Maqsood Khan and Raja Muhammad Zarif
...arrying capacity of this rangeland from about 23 to only 0.5 hectares/Animal Unit/year. This shows that at present level of livestock management the production of livestock and livestock products can be increased about 40 times by simply seeding these areas with Cenhrus ciliaris. ...
Sultan Maqsood Khan
...nd tones from
cropland, rangeland and forests combined. The production
of Shaftal can be increased by 90 thousand tones if the
local variety is replaced with improved variety and
fertilized. Planting of summer legumes in 10 per cant of
the cultivated land and alfalfa under apple trees can
increase the forage production by 772 and 40 thousand tones respectively. Replacement of undesirable forage
species on field boundaries and range fertilization can
fu...
Sultan Maqsood Khan
...tation cover in depleted rangelands of Mangla Watershed through introduction of suitable grass species is important for the production of good quality water and for increasing effective life if the Mangla reservoir by retarding its siltation rate. To find out suitable species for introduction in the Mangla watershed project area (dry sub-tropical) grass introduction trials with 39 cotypes of 14 species are being carried out in collaboration with Watershed Mana...
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