herder expenses

Yet sweeping changes to protect the grasslands have been politically unpalatable in a democracy whose voters feel a deep connection to the open, unregulated grassland. With urbanization on the rise, herders also face new

herder expenses As standards of living have risen and integration with a market economy has increased, herders' cash expenses have correspondingly risen. The need for greater cash has contributed to unsustainable pastoral production, exceeding carrying capacity of grasslands.