| Download |  Pasture Law for the year 2015.pdf (329 KB) |
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| Upload date | 04 Mar 2015 |
| Contributor | fatima siddig range |
| Geographical coverage | Sudan |
| Keywords | pasture law |
| Release date | 04/03/2015 |
According to the diversity of the natural environments of the pastures in Sudan and the subsequent diversity in the composition and quality of the plant clans due to their impact on the type and nature of human use of the resources available in the pastures, and in recognition of the importance of the livestock sector as one of the general constituents in supporting the national economy due to the contribution of export support and local consumption. It is known that the sector depends mainly On the natural pasture resources, which provide more than 78% of the food needs, and other forage resources such as fodder crops, crop residues, agricultural industries outputs and fodder provide the remaining part beyond its needs, which requires protection and rationalization of the use of those resources.
In line with the state’s policies to pay attention to pastoral resources and to develop plans and programs that enable the settlement of grazing in Sudan in accordance with an environmental strategy that ensures the preservation of environmental balance and the achievement of balanced and sustainable development.
Emphasizing the importance of establishing a legal and institutional framework and in an effort to advance this public facility of natural resources and to address threats that negatively affect its production in quantity and quality, such as wrong practices within pastures such as setting fires, removing vegetation cover, overgrazing and expanding agriculture outside planning, as well as the lack of adequate coordination between agencies Interested in natural resources and the absence of an integrated plan to exploit the land in order to avoid the devastating environmental effects that resulted from soil erosion and desert encroachment on pasture areas and agricultural lands, and the accompanying social shocks such as the mass exodus to major cities or gathering around water resources with large numbers of livestock that exceed the pasture load, which exacerbates the The erosion crisis and the expansion of desertification.
And in order to accommodate the rational agricultural policy that calls for the integration of animals into the agricultural cycle of major agricultural projects through paying attention to irrigated fodder and the trend towards cultivating pastures and establishing pastoral farms to modernize the production pattern to keep pace with the increasing need for livestock products and to bridge the gap resulting from the low cover of natural pastures and the increase in dependence on agricultural and industrial waste. agricultural