🌱3 GRAZING CONCEPTS 🐂 1️⃣ Overgrazing is a function of time, not number of animals, so plan for plant recovery. 2️⃣ In dormant seasons, decay of plant biomass can only happen in the moist environment of an herbivore’s rumen. 3️⃣ Predators historically kept animals bunched and moving to create herd effect and prevent overgrazing. Without sufficient numbers of both predator and prey on the land, this dynamic relationship has been broken, so now we (the land manager) act as the predator to create

👨‍🌾🐐 Widespread land degradation driven by land-use changes, overgrazing, and climate change poses serious challenges to dryland livestock and land-use systems. But there's hope: we're driving sustainable solutions for a resilient future ➡️ https://annual-report.icarda.org/2024/agrosilvopastoral-systems/ | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA