MULTIFUNCTIONAL UTILIZATION OF PASTURES IN ROMANIA
Keywords:
pastures, erosion, productivity, biological nitrogen, melliferous structureAbstract
Romanian pastures are characterized by a multitude of functions that may be used
for human benefit: food and habitat for animals, development of some connected
activities (collection and processing of apicultural products, medicinal plants, etc.),
natural reservoir providing biodiversity for more than 70% of the plant species (the
preservation of this may assure an important germplasm fund for the next cultivars),
the most efficient method of soil protection against erosion, provider of
unconventional energy, accomplishment of efficient biological cycles of nitrogen,
phosphorus, potassium and carbon dioxide (CO2), development of landscape tourism
due to the plant and animal diversity that ennoble and beautify the environment.
If only 60% of the permanent pasture area was used, with the application of minimal
technological measures, it would provide the necessary food for at least 1.6 million
cattle (57% of the current livestock) and 12 million sheep and goats.
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