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Abstract:
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The successful practice of animal husbandry in Nepal has been based on indigenous pasture management systems, a description and analysis of which are the topic of this study. Indigenous systems refer to those practices of natural resource management of pasture, forest, irrigation water and soil that have been maintained by local communities. These systems invariably include both biological management and the social arrangements by which access to the natural resources is regulated. The report argues that indigenous management systems have been particularly effective for maintaining productivity at levels sufficient to meet local needs over long periods of time, and have been effective in slowing or reversing processes of natural resource degradation in many areas of Nepal. The report also argues that, in spite of their effectiveness in the management of resources, indigenous systems have been ignored in the formulation of natural resource management policies in Nepal.
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