Chinanews.com, Xining, December 24th, title: The only Mongolian autonomous county in Qinghai: Whether the cattle and sheep are strong or not depends on whether the grassland is good or not
Author Sun Lili Public security plus Zhang Tianfu
In winter, pastures turn yellow in Keqihetan Grassland, Youganning Town, Henan Mongolian Autonomous County, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Not long ago, herdsmen in Xiujia Village, Youganning Town, dressed in costumes, drove nearly 12,000 Xueduo yaks and more than 3,000 sheep, and gathered at the site of the local winter Naadam and 10,000 Xueduo yak competition.
Henan Mongolian Autonomous County is the only Mongolian Autonomous County in Qinghai Province, with an average altitude of 3,600 meters.
The county is also a pure animal husbandry county, with about 9.13 million mu of usable grassland.
The "beauty pageant" of yaks is not easy. It is only the first round to look at the size of the yak, the coat color, the height and the weight.
Next, a detailed evaluation will be carried out from the head, horns, neck, torso, facial features, limbs, tail and other parts of the whole body, so that the selected yaks are "responsible for appearance".
"My family's yak has strong limbs, shiny coat, fat body and strong body. It will definitely be the 'champion cow'." Herdsman Hua Duo waited for the results of the competition with confidence.
Sure enough, his family's yak made it all the way to the finals, but in the end, with a weight difference of only 5 kilograms, it missed the champion of this year's "beauty pageant" and came in second.
"Although it's a pity, I'm very confident that it will win the championship this time next year." Hua Duo's confidence comes not only from his own careful care, but also from the confidence brought by the abundant aquatic plants in Henan County.
The picture shows herdsmen driving cattle and sheep to the Keqi Hetan Grassland.
(Data map) Photo provided by the Propaganda Department of Henan County Party Committee
After you sing, I will appear on stage.
The yak competition has just ended, and traditional fun events such as horse racing, knuckle games, and stone throwing took turns on the other side. For a while, cheers and laughter filled the Keqihetan Ranch.
Guan Quedan, Secretary of the Party Branch of Xiujia Village, Youganning Town, said, "Although our Xiujia Village does not have the largest area of cattle, sheep and pastures in Youganning Town, this year we won two honors in the county's village-level target assessment. In recent years, the environmental sanitation in the village has also been continuously improved, and everyone has become more motivated to unite and get rich together, all of which are worthy of praise!"
Keqihetan is the summer pasture of 6 administrative villages of Youganning Town, Henan County. Due to historical reasons, it is shared with 3 administrative villages of Kecai Town, Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province in summer, with a total area of 183,000 mu ( 12,200 hectares).
Once upon a time, due to overgrazing by herdsmen on both sides, the grasslands were degraded and desertified, and the grasslands were seriously endangered by pests.
At the beginning of 2021, this "vicious circle" ushered in an opportunity to break through-the two parties signed an agreement on the ecological restoration of the black soil beach in the public pastoral area of Keqihetan, clearly stipulating that Keqihetan will begin to prohibit grazing and restore governance within a certain period of time.
What are the results of the grazing ban today?
"Whether cattle and sheep are strong or not depends on how good the grassland is. In the past, during the winter grazing period, the grass was almost gone in less than a month, but this year, the grassland has recovered so well that it can't be eaten in two months." The 210 cattle of Tashi Huajiao, a villager in Xiujia Village, are leisurely looking for food.
"In the past, only a dozen households drove their cattle and sheep to Keqihetan to graze, but this year, more than 120 villagers rushed to Keqihetan. After two months, all the livestock were fat and strong. Not only that, In these two months, the herdsmen in the whole village can save about 2.8 million yuan in fodder money." Tashi Huajiao said with deep emotion.
"It turned out that the surrounding grasslands were seriously degraded, the pastures were sparse, and livestock forage was a problem. After several years of governance, now there are fewer black soil beaches and the grasslands are contiguous. This boosts our confidence in the next step of work." Keqi Hetan Grassland, the director of the Henan County Grassland Workstation Ka Zha Cairang said that through the treatment, the ecology of Keqi Hetan Grassland in Henan County has been significantly improved. This year, the average grass yield in the treatment project area reached 693.4 kg. The beauty of seeing cattle and sheep at a low level can be reproduced.
"Next, we will play the main role of the grassland department in the construction of ecological civilization, focus on raising the public's awareness of ecological protection, and strive to form a pattern of grassland ecological environment group prevention, group governance and group sharing." The witnesses and practitioners of protection and construction are stuck before they can speak.
According to reports, in recent years, Henan County has successfully applied for and introduced a number of grassland ecological protection research projects, explored and implemented measures such as the "ban on plastics", and county-level cadres responsible for farming. The grassland ecology has been greatly improved, and the development of ecological animal husbandry The source of living water.
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