Assessment off influence of rangeland management plans on production and economic condition of range users, (Case study: Nir Rangelands)

Esmailnejad Onari, Adel and Keivan Behjou, Farshad and Sefidi, Kiomars and Mirzayi Mosavand, Amir (2016) Assessment off influence of rangeland management plans on production and economic condition of range users, (Case study: Nir Rangelands). Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

This study aimed to assess the implementation of rangeland management plans on production and condition of rangeland and economic situation of rangeland beneficiaries in Nir province of Ardabil. For this purpose, two rangelandswas studied, one without a plan (Aminabad) and the another one with a plan (Korabbaslo). In order to collect the data, In addition the terrestrial collection data, questionnaire was used. For this purpose 392 plots of one square meter and 104 questionnaires were used to collect data. The results showed that rangeland management plans not only significantly increase production of rangeland (t= 6.46 and p<0.01) and it is justified in terms of economic performance (BCR=5.5) but also improve the economic situation of beneficiaries of rangeland. So that significant differences was between income before (4.16 million rials) and after the implementation of range management plan (5.46 million rials) (p<0.01). it is concluded that, rangeland management plans as the smallest production unit in rangeland can be used as a tools to achieve sustainable rangeland management. Key words: rangeland management plan, Net Present Value, Benefit Cost Ratio, production, , Korabbaslu, Aminabad

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