Approaching the joint-stock-system cooperation operation pattern for grassland-taking——A case study in Maqu County

Household responsibility system for grassland carried out in the Maqu County of east part of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau provides a basic for economic development in this pastoral region,consequently,resulting in some problems in the grassland ecology and in the living and production conditions of herdsmen,therefore,reforming the household responsibility system for grassland is necessary to improve the grassland management pattern.Based on successful joint-stock-system management pattern for grassland appeared in the some village of Maqu County,this study proposed that the joint-stock-system cooperation operation pattern was a optimal pattern to grassland management by optimizing the resources allocation and introducing the mechanism of joint-stock-system,and this pattern consisted of partnerships cooperative management in the winter and spring and village cooperative management in the summer and autumn,and would balance the relationship between grassland conservation and living and production conditions of herdsmen.This study suggested that the joint-stock-system cooperation operation pattern for grassland would benefit the sustainable development of animal husbandry production by improving the household responsibility system for grassland.