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EXTENSIFICATION OF SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION IN THE NEW FEDERAL STATES OF GERMANY: CAUSES, TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
H.J. Schwartz
; Livestock Ecology Section, Institute of Basic Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Humboldt University of Berlin,Berlin, Germany
Sažetak
Livestock enterprises in the new federal states of Germany, the former East Germany, underwent dramatic structural changes during the past six years. Sheep populations dropped to less than one third of the pre-1989 levels. Many large scale wool and mutton production enterprises have disappeared completely, whereas niche-type production combined with direct marketing of products like lamb sausages, smoked meat, sheep skins rugs, felt etc. are on the increase. Biologically produced lamb has a limited market for baby food. The fastest growing niche for sheep farmers had been contract landscape maintenance, which granted an acceptable income on land with rather limited productive potential. This development, however, appears to have peaked by now and is presently stabilising or starting to decline since public spending on environmental programs in general is shrinking too. A further drop ih sheep populations can be expected, which might lead to a critical shortage of animals to maintain open grasslands of various types, which are of great ecological value but marginal in economic terms. Efforts are made to develop extensive grazing systems, which allows proper landscape maitenance with reduced animal numbers and reduced production costs.
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Hrčak ID:
164547
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Datum izdavanja:
18.11.1996.
Posjeta: 845 *