Impact of Project of Returning Grazingland to Grass on economic and social efficiencies of Ewenke Country in Inner Mongolia

Taking Ewenke Country of Inner Mongolia where the Project of Returning Grazingland to Grass was conducted as the example, the impact of the project on the economic and social efficiencies was studied. The result indicated that total gross value of social product, gross value of products from agriculture, forest, animal husbandry and fishery and the average net income of herdsman increased by 22.9%, 30.6% and 6.9% respectively after the project was carried out. The net benefits of unit area grassland increased 28.69%; the income of the project family from animal production increased by 5.82%, and the cost decreased by 11.70%. The animal husbandry profit of household was also affected by the household itself. In which, the grassland resource and labor showed notable effect. The standardized coefficient of the accessible grassland area reached 0.461. Meanwhile, the experience of leaders and the educational level of headers affected the profit from animal production as well.