This section provides information on sustainable and productive management of pastures and grasslandsas well as the information regarding pastures’ monitoring.

Guidelines for the representing pasture infrastructure monitoring, operation and maintenance rules and average costs

This document is intended to support local self-government bodies to organize monitoring of pasture infrastructure to assess and monitor the condition of pasture infrastructures and also to estimate the costs of the work in order to include them in the municipal budget.

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The benefits of sustainable pasture management

Pastures are an important resource with significant ecological and economic value. They are important not only for livestock sector, as a feed supply base, but also are an environment, where various species of flora and fauna inhabit. They are also used for beekeeping, hunting, wild-harvesting of herbs, tourism and recreation.

However, despite their importance, the productivity of pastures is declining year by year due to its inefficient and spontaneous use by humans. As a result, the yield and quality of pastures are sharply decreasing, negatively affecting the volume of livestock products. Sustainable pasture management is a low-cost and high-efficiency tool, which is the best way to maintain and restore pasture productivity. Download material by clicking.

Guidelines for the preparation and implementation of sustainable management plans for pastures and grasslands

The purpose of the Guidelines is to organize sustainable land management policies and programs in Armenia based on scientifically sound approaches. The guideline provides the necessary measures and practices for the pastures and grasslands management.

The development of sustainable pasture management programs and the organization of effective use of the pasture management methodology will provide opportunities to address not only the conservation, restoration and reproduction of natural pastures, but also to considerably contributing to the protection of the environment, and the reduction of overall biodiversity vulnerability, the normal development of ecosystems, as well as improving the fodder system and increasing the production of livestock products.

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* The guideline is developed for the specialists involved in animal husbandry and farmers, dealing with cattle breeding.  

The manual on pastures’ monitoring. Armenia   

The goal of the manual is to provide the scientifically based approaches for comprehensive and objective monitoring of the pastures’ condition in Armenia. As a result, the sustainable pasture management plans will be provided that will not only increase the productivity of pastures and the production of livestock products, but also will significantly contribute to the conservation, restoration, reduction of biodiversity vulnerability, and the sustainable development of ecosystems in future.

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* The guideline is developed for the specialists involved in animal husbandry and farmers, dealing with cattle breeding.  

Effective management of natural feeding area (pastures and grasslands)

 The guideline presents the pasture management programs and their sustainable implementation that will enable you to solve not only the issues of preserving, restoring and the effective use of natural feeding area, but also promoting the protection of the environment.

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* The guideline is developed for the specialists involved in animal husbandry and farmers, dealing with cattle breeding.