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Course name: Range Management

Course period and place: November 17th – 21st, 2003, Chiang Mai, Thailand

 

 

Date

Day

Time

Subject

Teachers

17

Mon

10-12

 

 

13-15

 

Introduction, Range ecology, primary production, vegetation changes

 

Range resource assessment, carrying capacity

 

IL

 

 

IL

 

18

Tue

10-12

 

 

13-15

 Range animal nutrition:

Forage intake, Seasonal effects on nutritional value

 

Energy expenditure Supplementation, nutritional guidelines,

 

BB

 

 

 

BB

19

Wed

08-17

 

Field trip

BB

 

20

Thu

08-10

 

10-12

 

13-17

 

Range management, grazing behaviour

 

Stocking rate

 

 Free for studies

IL

 

BB

21

Fri

08-10

 

10-12

 

19.00

Examination

 

Final discussion, course evaluation

 

End of course dinner

IL

 

IL, BB

 

IL

 

 

List of teachers in the course

 

Name

Adress

Phone/fax

e-mail

(IL) Inger Ledin

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

46 18 671646/

46 18 672995

Inger.Ledin@huv.slu.se

(BB) Bounthong Bouahom

National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 811, Vientiane, Lao PDR

856 21 732047/

856 21 732047

Bbouahom@laotel.com