Measures for the Balance of Fodder and Livestock
Measures for the Balance of Fodder and Livestock
Measures for the Balance of Fodder and Livestock
Order of the Ministry of Agriculture [2005] No.48
January 19, 2005
The Measures for the Balance of Fodder and Livestock, which were adopted at the 2nd executive meeting of the Ministry of Agriculture on January 7, 2005, are hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of March 1, 2005.
Du Qinglin, Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture
Attached: Measures for the Balance of Fodder and Livestock
Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Grassland Law of the People's Republic of China for the purpose of protecting, developing and rationally utilizing grassland resources, safeguarding and improving the ecological environment and promoting the sustainable development of the animal husbandry.
Article 2 Any entity or individual that engages in animal husbandry by utilizing grassland resources in the territory of the People's Republic of China shall comply with these Measures.
Article 3 The State applies a fodder-livestock balance system to grassland resources.
For the purpose of these Measures, "fodder-livestock balance" shall mean keeping a dynamic balance between the total amount of the usable fodder available to a grassland user or contracting operator of the grassland or through any other channels on the one hand and the amount of fodder required for the livestock raised by such user or operator on the other hand.
Article 4 The following principles shall be upheld in the fodder-livestock balancing work:
1. Strengthening protection and promoting development;
2. Determining the number of livestock to be raised according to the volume of fodder and increasing the number of livestock only when the volume of fodder increases;
3. Acting in light of local conditions and conducting classified supervision; and
4. Proceeding in an orderly and gradual way.
Article 5 The Ministry of Agriculture shall take charge of the supervision and administration of the fodder-livestock balancing work throughout the country.
The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at and above the county level shall take charge of the supervision and administrative of the fodder-livestock balancing work in their respective administrative regions.
The grassland supervisory and administrative institutions set up by an administrative department in charge of grassland resources of people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the specific fodder-livestock balancing work.
Article 6 The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at and above the county level shall strengthen the publicity and training on fodder-livestock balancing, popularize knowledge related to fodder-livestock balancing, promote fodder-livestock balancing technologies with a view to realizing the sustainable utilization of grassland resources.
Article 7 The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at and above the county level shall strengthen the protection and development of grassland resources, stabilize and enhance the productive capacity of the grassland, support, encourage and guide farmers and herdsmen in conducting artificial grass cultivation, laying up fodder, improving the breeds of livestock, promote stable breeding and barn feeding, shortening the turnover time of livestock herds and decreasing the grazing intensity of natural grassland.
Article 8 The Ministry of Agriculture shall formulate and publish standards for livestock-carrying capacity of grassland in light of the grassland types and production capacities, the proportion between the livestock that may be slaughtered and the total amount of livestock, and other basic information throughout the country.
Article 9 The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources at the provincial or prefecture (city) level shall, in accordance with the standards for livestock carrying capacity of grassland as formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and in light of their respective local conditions, formulate and publish local standards for livestock carrying capacity of different types of grassland and submit them to the Ministry of Agriculture for archival purposes.
Article 10 The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at the county level shall, in accordance with the standards for livestock carrying capacity of grassland as formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture or the standards for livestock carrying capacity of different types of grassland as formulated by the relevant administrative department in charge of grassland resources at the provincial or prefecture (city) level and in light of the production capacity in the past five years, of the natural grassland artificial grassplots and fodder bases as used by the users or contracting operators thereof, appraise and determine the livestock carrying capacity of grassland and specify the number of livestock that may be raised for each relevant grassland user or contracting operator.
The appraisement of the fodder-livestock balancing work shall be conducted at least once every five years.
Any grassland user or contracting operator that refuses to accept the livestock carrying capacity of grassland as determined after appraisement may, within 30 days after receipt of notice of the determined capacity, apply for review to the administrative department in charge of grassland resources of the local people's government at the county level, which shall decide on such review within 30 days.
Article 11 When appraising and determining the livestock carrying capacity of grassland, the administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at and above the county level shall properly solicit the opinions of the grassland users and contracting operators, organize experts to make assessment and ensure that the standards for and decisions on the livestock carrying capacity of grassland are set and decided in a scientific and rational way.
Article 12 The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at and above the county level shall keep proper records of the fodder-livestock balancing work.
The administrative departments in charge of grassland resources of the people's governments at the county level shall cause each grassland user or contracting operator to sign a fodder-livestock balancing responsibility agreement, which shall contain:
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