Impact of open grazing system on socio – economic and environmental aspects in El Dilling Locality - Sudan

Abstract

The study was conducted at EL Dilling locality rangeland at South Kordofan State during the years 2011 – 2013. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of open grazing system on socio – economic and environmental aspects. Secondary data was obtained from the documents of corporations related to the study. A Questionnaire was designed to collect primary information from the animal owners at the seasonal grazing land users. In addition to that, field observations and general survey were used to obtain primary data. The SPSS package (computer program) was applied to analyze the socio-economic data. The study showed that, many populations were affected by open grazing system, as results of degradation of rangeland, and there was high demand of rangeland resources. And these led to conflicts among stakeholders; in addition to that many local people abandoned the animal breeding due to low income, inefficiency production, and poor production system and rangeland degradation. The study also concluded that, the degradation of rangeland in Dilling locality is the most serious problem that facing rangeland productivity. Also the results showed that, the income of local people depends mainly on the quantity and quality of the rangeland.