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Final Report Assessment of Pasture Condition in Sagarejo Municipality Final Report Assessment of Pasture Condition in Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia October 2019, 1st Edition REC Caucasus Tbilisi, Georgia 0 This document has been prepared with the support of the GIZ’s Programme “Integrated Biodiversity Management in the South Caucasus (IBiS)” Disclaimer: This document is the sole responsibility of the Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the GIZ. Furthermore, this report was prepared on the basis of the available data. Data that should be provided by co-operation partners but that was not available at the time of reporting cannot be taken into account. The resulting data gaps are to be excused. Citation: REC Caucasus (2019). Assessment of Pasture Condition in Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia including a Socio-Economic Assessment /Final Report: 1st Edition / Authors: ESTOK UG, Bernau, Germany (Ronald Kruwinus, Anja Salzer and Jonathan Etzold), in cooperation with GISLab, Tbilisi, Georgia (Giorgi Mikeladze) / REC Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia (Sophiko Akhobadze and Malkhaz Dzneladze (ed.) / Report prepared within the framework of the GIZ’s Programme “Integrated Biodiversity Management in the South Caucasus (IBiS) /REC Caucasus, Tbilisi, Georgia – October, 2019. Final Report (1st Edition) Assessment of Pasture Condition in Sagarejo Municipality, Georgia includ- ing a Socio-Economic Assessment 2019 © REC Caucasus LANGUAGE: ENGLISH OCTOBER 2019 1 Contents 1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 KAKHETI REGION ............................................................................................................................ 6 2.3 SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY .............................................................................................................. 9 2.3.1 CLIMATE IN KAKHETI AND SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY ................................................. 10 2.3.2 MAIN TYPES OF PASTURE USE IN SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY ...................................... 11 2.3.3 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY ............................................. 12 3. PREPARATION OF PASTURE ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................... 13 3.1 PASTURELAND DELIMITATION REPORT, SAMPLING DESIGN AND MAP PREPARATION OF FIELD WORKS (ACTIVITY 1) .......................................................................................................... 13 3.2 OUTLINE FOR PASTURE INVENTORY IN SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY (ACTIVITY 2) ....... 14 3.2.1 ADAPTATION OF DATA SHEET .............................................................................................. 15 4. PASTURE ASSESSMENT (ACTIVITIES 3 & 5) ................................................................................. 16 4.1 FIELD CAMPAIGN (ACTIVITY 3) .................................................................................................... 16 4.1.1 INITIAL TRAINING (03. - 04.06.2019) ........................................................................................ 16 4.1.2 FIELD ASSESSMENT (05. - 16.06.2019) ...................................................................................... 16 4.2 RESULTS OF PASTURE ASSESSMENT (ACTIVITY 5) .................................................................. 18 4.2.1 GENERAL FINDINGS OF THE FIELD CAMPAIGN ............................................................. 18 4.2.2 DATA PROCESSING ................................................................................................................... 18 4.2.3 ANALYSES ................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.3.1 BASIC ANALYSES STEPS ....................................................................................................... 20 4.2.3.2 CALCULATING RECOMMENDED STOCKING RATES BY PLOT-BASED CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 21 4.2.3.3 CALCULATING RECOMMENDED STOCKING RATES BY UPSCALING REMOTE SENSING ANALYSES’ RESULTS ..................................................................................................... 23 4.2.3.4 ATTEMPT TO DIFFERENTIATE STOCKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO LANDOWNERSHIP CATEGORIES ................................................................................................. 26 5. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT (ACTIVITY 4) ............................................................................. 27 5.1 METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLE ................................................................................................... 27 5.1.1 SAMPLE FOR THE CASE STUDY ............................................................................................ 27 5.1.2 TARGET RESPONDENTS ........................................................................................................ 27 5.1.3 DESIGN OF FOCUS GROUPS DISCUSSION (FGD) GUIDELINES AND QUESTIONNAIRES .......................................................................................................................... 28 5.1.4 HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHIC .............................................................................................. 28 5.1.5 ADDRESSING GENDER IN PASTURE MANAGEMENT ..................................................... 29 5.2 RESULTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT ....................................................................... 30 5.2.1 PASTURE-RELATED STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS FOR SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY ..... 30 5.2.2 PRESENT STATE OF PASTURES IN SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY: ECOLOGY AND LOCAL PERCEPTION ...................................................................................................................... 30 5.2.2.1 PERCEPTION OF PASTURE QUALITY AMONGST LOCAL PASTURE USERS ............. 30 5.2.2.2 LOCAL PERCEPTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIVESTOCK NUMBERS AND PASTURE DEGRADATION ............................................................................................................... 31 5.2.2.3 MAIN SOURCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ....................................................... 32 2 5.2.2.4 EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PASTURES IN THE PERCEPTION OF LOCAL PASTURE USERS ............................................................................................................................... 32 5.2.3 PASTURES UTILIZATION PRACTICE(S) IN SAGAREJO .................................................... 33 5.2.3.1 PASTURE INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................. 33 5.2.3.2 PASTURE USE AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 33 5.2.4 LOCAL PERCEPTIONS ON LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF PASTURE USE AND MANAGEMENt .............................................................................................. 36 5.2.4.1 LAND TENURE, ACCESS RIGHTS AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ........... 36 5.2.4.2 NEEDS AND WISHES FOR THEIR PASTURE ARRANGEMENT(S) BY LOCAL PASTURE USERS ............................................................................................................................... 38 6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION ..................................................................................... 40 6.1 CONCLUSIONS DERIVED FROM PASTURE ASSESSMENT...................................................... 40 6.1.1 APPLICABLITY OF THE REMOTE SENSING APPROACH................................................. 40 6.1.2 IMPLICATIONS FOR PASTURE MANAGEMENT ................................................................. 41 6.2 FEASIBILITY OF SUSTAINABLE PASTURE MANAGEMENT – LOCAL PERCEPTION, KNOWLEDGES AND TENURE RIGHTS ............................................................................................ 42 7. REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 44 8. APPENDIX A (ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT) ..................................................................................... 46 8.1 DATASHEET ...................................................................................................................................... 46 8.2 FIELDMAPS FOR ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT (EXAMPLES) .................................................. 51 8.3 ATTEMPT TO DIFFERENTIATE STOCKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO LANDOWNERSHIP CATEGORIES ..................................................................................................... 54 9. APPENDIX B (SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT) ........................................................................... 56 9.1 DATASHEETS: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY AND FOCUS GROUPS DISCUSSION METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 56 9.1.1 FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF PASTURES IN SAGAREJO DISTRICT ....................................................................................... 56 9.1.2 FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION: ASSESSING KNOWLEDGE, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF PASTURES IN SAGAREJO DISTRICT .................................................................................................. 62 9.2 STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS SAGAREJO MUNICIPALITY
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