Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the production techniques for balancing sustainable resource use and scale expansion on livestock farming in Inner Mongolia, especially in an “Agricultural farming and cattle breeding area.” The recursive linear programming method was applied to data on livestock farming behavior and regional resource conditions.
Specifically, the production techniques subjected to evaluation were as follows : 1) conventional local livestock farming techniques, 2) additional utilization of grasslands revitalized by the Conservation Set-Aside Program, 3) additional utilization of the forage produced on individual land holdings, and 4) additional utilization of forage purchased from other farmers in same the region.
The results indicate that local livestock farming can be sustainable for nine years the introduction of all four of the above techniques. This means that the diffusion of all these techniques should be efficient for livestock farming in this area, but other kinds of new techniques must be developed in order to deliver sustainable local livestock farming for the period beyond nine years.
