Research, Policy and Practice
Table 6 Share (%) of heavily (an area utilized by ≥ 75% of the flocks or herds) and lightly (an area utilized by ≤25% of the flocks or herds) stocked spring and summer grazing areas of yaks and small ruminants across six valleys in Gilgit-Baltistan
From: Constraints and prospects of utilising mountain pastures in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Valley | Yaks | Small ruminants | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | |||||
Heavily stocked | Lightly stocked | Heavily stocked | Lightly stocked | Heavily stocked | Lightly stocked | Heavily stocked | Lightly stocked | |
Individual interviews | ||||||||
 Hopar | 60 | 10 | 47 | 13 | 53 | 16 | 63 | 6 |
 Phandar | 72 | 7 | 63 | 11 | 53 | 12 | 50 | 18 |
 Shimshal | 58 | 13 | 47 | 14 | 50 | 27 | 51 | 21 |
 SEM | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
 P ≤ | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | n.s. | n.s. | 0.001 | n.s. | 0.001 |
Group interviews | ||||||||
 Chapurson | 6 | 54 | 23 | 42 | n.a. | n.a. | 13 | 61 |
 Haramosh | 55 | 21 | 49 | 25 | 49 | 15 | 37 | 18 |
 Khaplu | 66 | 15 | 45 | 33 | 68 | 8 | 42 | 21 |
 SEM | 10.8 | 9.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 8.4 |
 P ≤ | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | 0.05 | n.s. | n.s. | 0.05 |