A workshop on pasture management was held in Mary

A four-day workshop on sustainable pasture management, which took place from August 26 to 29, concluded in Mary velayat. The event brought together representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan and the State Association of Livestock and Poultry Industry. Arzuw.news reports with reference to Turkmenistan: Golden Age.

The workshop is organized in the framework of the project "Capacity Building and Local Investment for Sustainable Land Management", which is supported by the regional program of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Global Environment Facility.

The activity is part of the joint climate change adaptation action plan for Mary and Lebap velayats, focusing on the Murghab River basin. The focus was on rotational grazing as a key method of sustainable pasture management.

The training module was provided by the public foundation "CAMP Alatoo" from the Kyrgyz Republic. The program includes consultations and demonstrations of international practices on the basis of Karakul and Maldar livestock farms.

Specialists of Mary velayat presented the potential of livestock farms within Yolotan and Sakarchagin etraps. The participants noted the problem of pasture degradation, especially around water sources, which creates socio-economic difficulties for farms.

During the workshop, forage capacity of pastures in different soil and climatic zones of the country was assessed and the amount of necessary fodder reserves was determined.