Study of the Success and Failure of Range Resources at Ghazala Gawazat Research Station South Darfur (1957-2010)

Abstract

The study was conducted in Ghazala Gawazat research station (south Darfur State) .The aim of the study was to investigate the success and failure of stated during the period 1957-2010, the method used to collect data included : visits, were done consulting , the document and reports, in addition to some research conducted in the area. For the purpose of socio- economic aspects, questionnaire was used to see the attitude of the community towards the station. The analysis of the data collected showed that , the handover of the station to Sudan government and lack of finance were the main reasons behind the failure of the station from the early 1957 to the present which lead to disappear of some rangelands and appearance of new plants due to rainfall fluctuation and seasonal fires. Before 1990 many successes were achieved by the station. The main success was the community awareness and livestock improvement beside some sort of settlement of nomads. VII