Environmental policy and administrative management

Disintegration of state farms on agricultural co-operatives and small farms, privatization, decrease in financial, economic and technical maintenance have led to reduction of the grain crops area, a lot of wastelands have appeared. The project considers a complex of issues that allow choosing optimum variants of pastures management. Project aim: Increase efficiency of the degraded laylands and pastures by means of introduction of alternative methods of land tenure. Project tasks: -Raising efficiency of the degraded laylands by means of planting of a long term crops adapted to local conditions -Set up an irrigated pasture on the area of 20 hectares (which will be broken into 4 cages on 5 hectares) sowed by long-term grasses and fenced, with a siphon water supply method -Involve local population to the project implementation, thereby to provide them with workplaces and to improve their financial and economic position - Promote successful results for the project all over the area among other farming companies Project results: - Permanent grasses sowing allowed lands degradation decreasing - Created on degraded lands damped sowing lands, rich with nitrogen and rich harvest got - Round-the-clock pasture organized - On 20 ha grazing land organized - Increased productivity of feed crops - Organized rehabilitation process of degraded lands about 15-20 tones of organic matter accumulating annually - Annual yield of milk increased up to 3500-4000 liter - Daily live weight gain increased up to 700-800 gram - Increased public awareness and capacity on environmental issues solving and sustainable development

Kazakhstan