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Table 19.2
Estimated
livestock number 1994 and
2005
Area
Cattle
Camels
Goats
Qamar
19,700
10,600
14,100
West Qara
56,500
21,300
42,200
East Qara
78,900
12,700
29,200
Survey area total
155,100
44,600
85,400
Excluded urban areas
5,500
300
2,500
Dhofar total
156,900
69,700
142,300
Sultanate total 1994
213,100
98,600
854,100
Sultanate total 2005
n/a
117,000
1,557,000
Table 19.3
Current dry
matter balance
Qamar
W. Qara
E. Qara
Total
Grazing
Fodder
37
91
104
232
Livestock needs
41
111
153
305
Deficit
4
19
49
73
As % of needs
10
18
32
25
Fodder
33
43
37
113
Livestock needs
35
80
52
167
Deficit
2
37
15
54
As % of needs
8
40
29
32
Table 19.4
Potential dry
matter balance
(000/Md/Year)
Qamar
W. Qara
E. Qara
Total
Grazing (cattle)
Fodder
56
143
154
352
Cattle needs
37
103
153
292
Surplus
19
40
1
60
As % of needs
51
39
1
21
Browse (camels
and goats)
Fodder
48
62
53
163
Camels C
goats
39
88
53
180
C
9
26
C
1
17
Surplus (
)
shortfall (
C
)
C
22
27
1
9
As % of needs
However these improvements are funded from external sources and not from
the investment of surpluses generated from within the local pastoral economy. In
contrast to the said welfare improvements, the Jabal economy and its resources base
are not thriving. It is possible to interpret the problems as the growing pains of
systems adjusting to considerably changed circumstances, which include:
(a) Increased external trade, particularly the importation of goods and services.
(b) The weakening of legal basis for local communal control of grazing.
(c) Improved water supplies, accessible and free to all.
(d) Improved animal health.
(e) Access to non-livestock income.
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