Prioritizing fodder species based on traditional knowledge: a case study of mithun (Bos frontalis) in Dulongjiang area, Yunnan Province, Southwest China.
Prioritizing fodder species based on traditional knowledge: a case study of mithun (Bos frontalis) in Dulongjiang area, Yunnan Province, Southwest China.
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DOI：
10.1186/s13002-017-0153-z
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发表时间：
2017-05-04
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Xu J
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作者：
Geng Y;Hu G;Ranjitkar S;Wang Y;Bu D;Pei S;Ou X;Lu Y;Ma X;Xu J
畜牧业是世界上最古老和最重要的小农农业类型之一。畜牧业生产的可持续性取决于当地现有资源的有效利用。在这方面，一些传统的牲畜饲养方法可以提供宝贵的经验教训。本研究以黑龙江省独龙江县野生牧草为研究对象，以牦牛（Bos frontalis）的饲养为背景，对该地区野生牧草的地方性知识进行了整理和评价，以期为林木饲料的选择和林-农-畜一体化系统的建立提供科学依据。滚雪球技术被用来确定与特定知识的主题的关键线人。自由上市和半结构化访谈进行了58户。采用预先调查和过境步行的方法调查潜在的饲料品种。收集、记录和整理了民族植物学信息。共鉴定出野生饲用植物142种，隶属于58科117属。禾本科、蔷薇科和荨麻科植物种类最多，分别有16、14和11种。我们的研究结果表明，树木/灌木饲料中起着重要的作用mithun的饮食，不像其他反刍动物。米森喜欢在森林中四处浏览和移动以寻找食物，特别是粗糙甚至有刺的树叶。树木品种，如Debregeasia orientalis，Saurauia polyneura和悬钩子物种被确定为重要的饲料来源。这一地区的农民传统上依靠社区管理的森林和草地等公共财产资源喂养牲畜。由于独龙族的文化偏好，农民有强烈的动机饲养貂而不是其他牲畜品种。提供资料者列举的植物种类繁多，这表明传统知识在收集饲料资源信息方面的重要性。这种多样性也提供了前景，以确定有前途的物种，可用作饲料植物。确定这些物种，特别是树木饲料物种，可以帮助小农将树木、牲畜和作物作为可持续农业系统的一部分。
Livestock rearing is one of the oldest and most important types of smallholder farming worldwide. The sustainability of livestock production depends on the efficient utilization of locally available resources. Some traditional methods of raising livestock may offer valuable lessons in this regard. This study documented and evaluated local knowledge of wild forage plants in the Dulongjiang area in Southwest China in the context of rearing mithun (Bos frontalis) in order to provide a sound evidence base for tree fodder selection and the establishment of integrated tree-crop-livestock systems. The snowball technique was used to identify key informants with specific knowledge about the topic. Free listing and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 58 households. Participatory investigation and transit walks were used to investigate potential fodder species. Ethnobotanical information was collected, documented and organized. Overall, 142 wild forage plants from 58 families and 117 genera were identified. Species of the Poaceae, Rosaceae and Urticaceae families were most abundant, with 16, 14 and 11 species respectively identified as fodder plants. Our results indicated that tree/shrub forage plays a major role in the diet of mithun, unlike that of other ruminants. Mithun prefers to browse and move around the forest in search of food, particularly rough and even barbed leaves. Tree species like Debregeasia orientalis, Saurauia polyneura and Rubus species were identified as being important fodder sources. Farmers in this area have traditionally relied on common property resources such as community-managed forests and grasslands to feed their livestock. Farmers have strong incentive to raise mithuns rather than other livestock species due to Dulong people’s cultural preferences. The wide variety of plants cited by the informants demonstrate the importance of traditional knowledge in gathering information about forage resources. This diversity also offers the prospect of identifying promising species which could be used as fodder plants. Identifying such species and tree fodder species in particular could help smallholder farmers to integrate trees, livestock and crops as part of a sustainable farming system.