Table 22: Marching biophysical and socioeconomic parameters to various livestock enterprises Enterprise & Intervention Emerging Situation Cattle Sheep Livestock Fodder trees Pasture Bees Fish Poultry Rising increase lignification Trees for shedding In case of free grazing, plant acacia trees for of plant tissues and reduce hives. Either High animal shedding to reduce temps towards the digestibility and rates of provide water Temperature ideal 13 -18C. In the case of feedlotting, provide degradation of plant spp. Plant close to hives or Poultry house with (25 - 40C) woodlot and housing. Acacia trees pasture land too. Okay ventilation locate hives along Low rainfall Negarims, Stone bunds, rivers. Oduorims, soil bunds, TBs, Semi-circular Ripping, Storage as source of Construct water pans, ponds, dams, shallow bunds, Soil & Oduorims, Water storage water for feeds & High runoff wells, boreholes, stone bunds bund. No problem in reservoirs drinking water Stone bunds for Ensure safety of Relocation to safe Relocation to higher ground Okay water soaking hives No problem ground Hives best Pumping & Llow for direct drinking or pumping of to Located along treatment using aloe River water higher cisterns Irrigation rivers Okay vera Biophysical Sheep will do well in pasture with low to Upto to 5000 TDS Dissolved Solids in moderate salt Bees not affected Breed saline Should not go Salinity parts/million) is okay. content. by saline water water fish beyond 3000 TDS. Determine Determine trees that do pasture that do well in sandy well in sandy Sandy soils soils soils Determine Determine trees that do pasture that do Incorporate well in loamy well in loamy lining to avoid Loamy soils soils soils seepage Determine Okay for Determine pasture that do Not directly surface Not directly Clay soils Not directly applicable trees that do well in clay applicable bodies applicable
Table 22: Marching biophysical and socioeconomic parameters to various livestock enterprises Situation Enterprise & Intervention Cattle Sheep Emerging Livestock Fodder trees Pasture Bees Fish Poultry Biophysical High Temperature (25 - 40C) In case of free grazing, plant acacia trees for animal shedding to reduce temps towards the ideal 13 -18C. In the case of feedlotting, provide woodlot and housing. Rising increase lignification of plant tissues and reduce digestibility and rates of degradation of plant spp. Plant Acacia trees pasture land too. Trees for shedding hives. Either provide water close to hives or locate hives along rivers. Okay Poultry house with ventilation Low rainfall Construct water pans, ponds, dams, shallow wells, boreholes, Negarims, Oduorims, Semi-circular bunds, Soil & stone bunds Stone bunds, soil bunds, TBs, Ripping, Oduorims, bund. Water storage in reservoirs Storage as source of water for feeds & drinking water High runoff No problem Relocation to higher ground Okay Stone bunds for water soaking Ensure safety of hives No problem Relocation to safe ground River water Llow for direct drinking or pumping of to higher cisterns Irrigation Hives best Located along rivers Okay Pumping & treatment using aloe vera Salinity Upto to 5000 TDS Dissolved Solids in parts/million) is okay. Sheep will do well in pasture with low to moderate salt content. Bees not affected by saline water Breed saline water fish Should not go beyond 3000 TDS. Sandy soils Not directly applicable Determine trees that do well in sandy soils Determine pasture that do well in sandy soils Not directly applicable Incorporate lining to avoid seepage Not directly applicable Loamy soils Determine trees that do well in loamy soils Determine pasture that do well in loamy soils Clay soils Determine trees that do Determine pasture that do well in clay Okay for surface bodies