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Item Impact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistan(Journal Article) Islam, Muhammad; Razzaq, Abdul; Zubair, Muhammad; Hassan, Sawsan; Ahmad, Sarfraz; Gul, Shamim; Rischkowsky, Barbara; Louhaichi, MounirScrub rangelands support livestock grazing and provide ecosystem services to their inhabitants. The present study was conducted in Chakwal, an important tract of the Pothwar Plateau, which sustains herds of small domestic and nomadic ruminants. Urbanization and uncontrolled grazing practices have reduced rangeland productivity and increased soil erosion and resulted in poor land conditions. This study assessed the influence of two years of rangeland protection on aboveground vegetation biomass and the chemical composition of plants and aimed to determine the influence of seasonal grazing on the live-weight gain of small ewes. Using the line intercept method, vegetation data from protected and unprotected plots in 2015 and 2016 were collected at two sites, Dhulli and Begal. Vegetation cover was assessed from images using VegMeasure. Results showed that protected study sites displayed higher vegetation biomass (834 and 690 kg ha-1) compared to the unprotected study site (477 and 326 kg ha-1) during April and August of both years. In the seasonal grazing trial, the experimental ewes that grazed on protected rangelands showed higher live-weight gain (33–63 g day-1) compared to live weight of ewes (17–21 g day-1) that grazed on unprotected rangelands during the experimental period of 127 days at both sites. The results suggest that the Chakwal rangeland has tremendous potential to improve vegetation productivity but modern livestock management and seasonal grazing practices are needed to improve carrying capacity and livestock productivity.Item AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 3, Issue 4, October-December 2016(Newsletter, 2016-12) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 5, Issue 1, January-March 2018(Newsletter, 2018-03) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem Distribution ceremony on breeding bucks for Khawateen goat keepers(Video, 2017-05-22) CM NewsDistribution Ceremony on Breeding Bucks for Khawateen Goat Keepers . by *** USAID , ILRI , KWC , PARC *** ** We welcome** 1 Professor Dr. M.N. M. Ibrahim ** ILRI , country representatives Pakistan. and ** Zeshan Mustafa ** 2- Prof. Dr. Mohammad Sajjad Khan ** Dean faculty of Animal Sciences / University of Agriculture Faisalabad. 3. Dr. Jauhar Ali ** Member Animal Sciences Pakistan Agriculture Research Center Islamabad. 4- Mr. Dilawar Hussein ** SDO Sericulture Multan . 5- Dr. rbnuaz Khan ** Director Life stock Bahawalpur 6. Malik Usman Rashid Bobak **Chairman municipality Ahmadpur East.Item AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 1, Issue 4, October-December 2014(Newsletter, 2014-12-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2014(Newsletter, 2014-04-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 2, Issue 1, January-March 2015(Newsletter, 2015-03-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 1, Issue 3, July-September 2014(Newsletter, 2014-09-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 1, Issue 2, August 2014(Newsletter, 2014-08-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 2, Issue 2, April-June 2015(Newsletter, 2015-06-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 2, Issue 4, October-December 2015(Newsletter, 2015-12-31) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 3, Issue 1, January-March 2016(Newsletter, 2016-03-31) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 3, Issue 2, April-June 2016(Newsletter, 2016-06-15) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem AIP Newsletter - A Newsletter of the Agricultural Innovation Program (AIP) for Pakistan, Volume 2, Issue 3, July-September 2015(Newsletter, 2015-09-30) International Maize and Wheat Improvement CenterItem Holistic paradigm for improving livestock productivity in Pakistan(Presentation, 2016-10-04) Mohammed, I.Item The in-calf cow(Extension Material, 2015-07-30) Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.Item The process of milking(Extension Material, 2015-07-30) Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.Item Clean milk production for Pakistani consumers(Extension Material, 2015-07-30) Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.Item Water for dairy cattle and buffalo in Pakistan(Extension Material, 2015-07-30) Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.Item Oestrus cycle and heat detection in dairy animals in Pakistan(Extension Material, 2015-07-30) Ibrahim, Mohamed N.M.