Research on professional cooperatives working with animal husbandry production and operation of alpine ecosystems in Gonghe County,Qinghai Province

Abstract: The tragedy of common has been produced, because the extensive operation forms of animal husbandry which pursuited the quantity of live stocks excessive. Therefore, government has established development strategies to develop ecological animal husbandry based on animal husbandry cooperatives, and to reach the targets of three decreasing by the implements of settling nomadic herdsmen and fencing grasslands. This study took the professional animal husbandry production and operation cooperative in Hayihai, Hainan State, Qinghai province as an example, analyzed the development process, operating form, and existing problems in this cooperative, and studied development strategies to improve the development of ecological animal husbandry based on cooperatives. The results showed, the establishing and development of animal husbandry cooperatives were significantly different from what of agricultural cooperatives, since they were influenced by particularity of production and living style in alpine regions, uniqueness of cultural and consuetude of Zang Nationality, setting of nomadic, and so forth. Beside, the study indicated there were still some concrete issues in animal husbandry cooperatives improving the development of ecological animal husbandry. Furthermore, this study has raised some suggestions on employment of some nomadic, degeneration of live stock brand, epidemic prevention of live stock, according to the actual situation.