CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 1 (DAY 4)

Theme

1. RANGE/GRASSLAND ECOLOGY

Topic

Ecohydrology and plant responses

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  Valheria Castiblanco

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Effects of thinning density on soil water content of alfalfa and David peach intercropping in the hilly Loess Plateau, China (Presenter Zhixue Chen)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

How resources capture rate is related to resource partitioning in water limited annual plant communities (Presenter Guy Dovrat)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

Rangeland rehydration: collaboration between land managers, government and private experts (Presenter Paul Theakston)

1:50 – 2:05  Oral 4

Woody Plant Species Composition and Diversity in Rusinga Island, Homa Bay County, Kenya (Presenter Margeret Nyaga)

2:05  – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 2 (DAY 4)

Theme

1. RANGE/GRASSLAND ECOLOGY

Topic

Fire ecology, plant responses and management

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  Adesegon Adebola

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Hydraulic responses of shrubs and grasses to fire frequency and drought in a tallgrass prairie experiencing bush encroachment (Presenter Kimberly O'Keefe)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

Prescribed fire plus grazing horses: A sustainable model to decrease fire hazard in a mountain landscape 

(Presenter Filipa Manso)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

Modelling grazing and burning in communal rangelands systems to help understand trade-offs between production, carbon and water (Presenter -  Heidi Hawkins)

1:50  – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 3 (DAY 4)

Theme

2. FORAGE PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION

Topic

Water Stress & Water Use Efficiency

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  An Notenbeart 

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Effect of water stress on the digestibility of fibre in maize vegetative tissues. (Presenter Gonzalo     Ferreira)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

The effect of water deficits on the reproductive development of subterranean clover and annual medic 

(Presenter Edwin - Ted Wolfe)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

The response of perennial ryegrass pastures in northern Victoria, Australia to increasing summer drought conditions and high summer temperatures. (Presenter Mary-Jane Rogers)

1:50 – 2:05  Oral 4

Sowing rate effects on forage oat biomass yield in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (Presenter Caiting Liu)

2:05 – 2:20  Oral 5

Irrigation management strategies for fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L.) crops (Presenter Edith Khaembah)

2.20 – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 4 (DAY 4)

Theme

3. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Topic

Challenges on livestock production and rangelands/grasslands utilization in southern South America 

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  Walter Ayala

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Sustainable intensification in crop-livestock systems 

(Presenter Pablo     Rovira)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

The importance of Campos ecosystem as a world food producer and as a provider of ecosystem services. (Presenter Walter Ayala)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

Using perennial rangeland grasses for bioenergy and cattle grazing (Presenter Susana Feldman)

1:50  – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 5 (DAY 4)

Theme

5. DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN RANGELANDS/GRASSLANDS

Topic

Climate Change Impacts and  Mitigation

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  Prof Fujiang 

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Differential effects of changed precipitation patterns on co-existing dominant species in Inner Mongolia typical grassland: significance for drought management (Presenter Shuang-Xi Zhou)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

Global rangeland systems at threat under climate change and variability (Presenter Cecile Godde)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

Visual assessment of soil structure as an early indicator of soil quality in response to intensive rotational grazing                       (Presenter Nikola Teutscherova)

1:50 – 2:05  Oral 4

Interventions for mitigating drought-related livestock mortality in Africa's drylands: a review of their relevance and effectiveness with special reference to Kenya (Presenter Bulle Dabasso) 

2:05 – 2:20  Oral 5

Uses and knowledge of plant species by Mongolian herders in the Gobi Desert and identification of species of interest for planting (Presenter Annaêl Barnes)

2.20 – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 6 (DAY 4)

Theme

6. PASTORALISM, SOCIAL, GENDER AND POLICY ISSUES

Topic

Developing environmental services payments schemes for grassland in china and Mongolia 

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  David Kemp

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Management changes and strategies to improve the environmental services from grasslands in northern China and Mongolia (Presenter David Kemp)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

Description of the state of grasslands across Inner Mongolia and Mongolia (Presenter Guodong Han)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

Herders' attitude and decision making in stocking rates and implication for grassland management in China (Presenter Li Ping)

1:50 – 2:05  Oral 4

Implications of herder attitudes for stocking rates in China and Mongolia (Presenter Li Ping)

2:05 – 2:20  Oral 5

Modelling the long-term impact on herder incomes and environmental services in an uncertain world (Presenter Karl Behrendt)

2.20 – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 7 (DAY 4)

Theme

7. CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RANGELANDS/GRASSLANDS

Topic

Accelerating the use of participatory action research for development in pastoral lands: challenges and opportunities 

1:00 -1:05

Introduction by Chairperson,  Kathleen Galvin

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Co-produced research supports pastoralists to pursue transformative social and ecological change in rangelands (Presenter Robin Reid)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

Engaged Research Can Advance Knowledge AND Promote Positive Change Among the Rural Poor (Presenter David Layne Coppock)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

Whose Knowledge Counts?: Irrigation Development in Turkana County, northwest Kenya (1963-2019) (Presenter Gregory  Akall)

1:50 – 2:05  Oral 4

Producing useful knowledge for sustainable development (Presenter Kathleen  Galvin)

2:05  – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 5, 

1:00 – 2:35 pm (EAT)

Room 8 (DAY 4)

Theme

3. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 

Topic

Climate change; adaptations and resilience of Livestock systems

1:00 – 1:05

Introduction by Chairperson, Joseph Mureithi

1:05 – 1:20  Oral 1

Assessing the potential of diverse mixtures to reduce enteric CH4 emissions (Presenter Cecilia Loza)

1:20 – 1:35  Oral 2

Livestock corridors working as pollinator refuges and dispersal hotspots: lessons from Spain (Presenter Pablo Manzano)

1:35 – 1:50  Oral 3

The hunt for the "holy grail": condensed tannins in perennial forage legumes (Presenter John Caradus)

1:50 – 2:05  Oral 4

Understanding the effects of a tannin extract on forage protein digestion in ruminant's gastrointestinal tract using a dynamic artificial digestive system coupled to a peptidomic approach (Presenter Thierry Sayd)

2:05  – 2:35 

General Discussion

2:35 – 2:45

HEALTH BREAK

KEYNOTES 

2:45 – 4:50 pm (EAT)

Plenary Hall (DAY 4)

(LIVE)

2:45 – 2:50

Introduction by Chairperson, Jesse Njoka

2:50 –3:10 

Theme Keynote 5 - Drought Management and Climate Change in Rangelands/Grasslands 

Prof. Mark Howden - Director, Climate Change Institute, The Australian National University

3:10 –3:30  

Theme Keynote 6 - Wildlife, Tourism and Multi-facets of Rangelands/Grasslands 

Dr. John Waithaka - Regional Vice Chair, East and Southern Africa World Commission on Protected Areas

3:30 – 3:50

Theme Keynote 7 - Pastoralism, Social, Gender and Policy Issues

Ms. Nahid Naghizadeh – Centre for Sustainable Development and Environment (CENESTA), Tehran, Iran 

3:50 - 4:20

General Discussion

4:20 – 4:30

HEALTH BREAK

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 1 (DAY 4)

Theme

1. RANGE/GRASSLAND ECOLOGY

Topic

Commons: old, current and future challenges for rangeland what innovations in collective issues to face these challenges   

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, Jean F. Tourrand

4:35 – 4:47  Oral 1

Collaborative construction of a method that contributes to improve the decision making in associative ranches by controlling the grass allowance in a context of climate variability. 

(Presenter Emilio Duarte Esteves)

4:47 – 4:59  Oral 2

Collective Approach of Rural Development: Case Study of "Maronna Foundation" in the Pampa Bioma, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Presenter Vicente Celestino Pires Silveira)

4:59 – 5:11  Oral 3

Identifying land use options for networked Māori owned land blocks to deliver on collective aspirations in the North Island of New Zealand (Presenter Nicole McCrossin)

5:11 – 5:22  Oral 4

Rangeland in Marajo Island, Brazilian Amazonia, a Long History of Commons for Small-Breeders (Presenter Tienne BARBOSA)

5:22 – 5:34  Oral 5

Local Development Policy over the last century in Special Areas/Great Prairie, Alberta Canada (Presenter Peggy Strankman)

5:34 – 5:46 Oral 6

Intensive Poultry Production as a "Collective" Initiative to Face Global Change in the Bedouin Area of the North West Coast Zone (NWCZ), Egypt (Presenter  Mona Abdelzaher Ahmed OSMAN)

5:46  - 6.05

General Discussion

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 2 (DAY 4)

Theme

2. FORAGE PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION

Topic

Forage planning and management

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, David Miano Mwangi

4:35 – 4:50  Oral 1

Nutritional characteristics of different grass and legume mixtures estimated by in sacco and in vitro gas production 

(Presenter Yvette Giramahoro)

4:50 – 5:05  Oral 2

Closing feed gaps by winter forage production in Limpopo: What is the potential? (Presenter Sala Alanda Lamega)

5:05 – 5:20  Oral 3

Maintain forage yields in long- and short-term grasslands in Norway (Presenter Ievina Sturite)

5:20 – 5:35  Oral 4

Regeneration of old ungrazed old man saltbush (Atriplex nummularia) stands in south-west Australia 

(Presenter Sarita Bennett)

5:35  - 6.05

General Discussion

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 3 (DAY 4)

Theme

2. FORAGE PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION

Topic

Forage and Animal Nutrition

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, An Notenbaert

4:35 – 4:50  Oral 1

Isolation, purification and identification of lactic acid bacteria strains and their effects on the fermentation dynamics and microbial community of elephant grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) silage (Presenter Azizza Mala)

4:50 – 5:05  Oral 2

Effectiveness of solarization pre-treatment for improvement of feeding value of wheat straw by white rot fungi inoculation (Presenter Joshua Njolomba)

5:05 – 5:20  Oral 3

The CROPGRO Perennial Forage Model Simulates Productivity and Re-growth of Tropical Perennial Grasses (Presenter Kenneth Boote)

5:20  - 6.05

General Discussion

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 4 (DAY 4)

Theme

3. LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 

Topic

Utilization of Grasslands/Rangelands

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, Michael Peters

4:35 – 4:50  Oral 1

What's on the menu today? Feeding habits and movement patterns of domestic and wild ungulates in the Dzungarian Gobi, Mongolia (Presenter Lena  Michler)

4:50 – 5:05  Oral 2

Where is the livestock future – plate- or land-based? The potential of knowledge-based, holistic grazing concepts for altering grazing livestock systems (Presenter Juliane Horn)

5:05 – 5:20  Oral 3

Diet selection by goats at Kalemando, North Darfur, Sudan (Presenter Abdelrahim  Mansoor)

5:20 – 5:35  Oral 4

Choosy grazers and plant communities – Interactions between cattle breeds and vegetation in semi-natural pastures 

(Presenter Caren Pauler)

5:35  - 6.05

General Discussion

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 5 (DAY 4)

Theme

4. WILDLIFE, TOURISM AND MULTI-FACETS OF RANGELAND/GRASSLAND

Topic

A Revolution in Conservation Innovation By and With Pastoralists: Examples from Kenya, Africa and the globe 

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, Robin Reid & Nickson Parmisa

4:35 – 4:50  Oral 1

Conservation Innovation in Pastoral Lands around the Globe: Challenges, Lessons and Opportunities (Presenter Robin Reid) 

4:50 – 5:05  Oral 2

Social-Ecological Innovations and Outcomes of Community-Based Conservation in Africa: Implications for the Future 

(Presenter Kathleen  Galvin)

5:05 – 5:20  Oral 3

Wildlife Conservation Innovations and the Role of Indigenous Pastoral Communities living around Protected Areas in Kenya (Presenter Nickson Parmisa)

5:20 – 5:35  Oral 4

When good conservation becomes good economics 

(Presenter Mohammed Yahya Said)

5:35  - 6.05

General Discussion

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 6 (DAY 4)

Theme

6. PASTORALISM, SOCIAL, GENDER AND POLICY ISSUES

Topic

Gender and indigenous perspectives for sustainable rangelands: gendering and decolonizing pastoralist studies and rangeland conservation  

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez & Elisa Oteros-Rozas

4:35 – 4:50  Oral 1

Knowledge about and knowledge with: contributions from feminist research to knowledge co-production for pastoral systems (Presenter Federica Ravera)

4:50 – 5:05  Oral 2

Sustainable development and the transformation of female rural labour:  The case of woman cattle ranchers in Uruguay 

(Presenter Virginia Courdin)

5:05 – 5:20  Oral 3

Revitalizing Ecological Calendars: An Indigenous Climate Solution from Alai valley of Kyrgyzstan (Presenter Daler Kaziev)

5:20 – 5:35  Oral 4

Socially differentiation in (agro)pastoral climate change adaptation: Intersectional perspectives on socio-technical change in Kenya and Burkina Faso (Presenter Todd Crane)

5:35 – 5:50  Oral 5

Women's empowerment for demographic issues and conflicts in African pastoralist societies (Presenter Pablo Manzano)

5:50  - 6.05

General Discussion

CONCURRENT SESSION 6, 

4:30 – 6:05 pm (EAT)

Room 7 (DAY 4)

Theme

7. CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RANGELANDS/GRASSLANDS

Topic

Re-envisioning Rangelands in the 21st Century: Overcoming the Marginalization Narrative 

4:30 – 4:35

Introduction by Chairperson, David D. Briske

4:35 – 4:50  Oral 1

Creating win-win policies for sustainable pastoralism 

(Presenter Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

4:50 – 5:05  Oral 2

Does donor facilitation approach influence social outcomes of Community-based rangeland management in Mongolia? (Presenter Tungalag Ulambayar)

5:05 – 5:20  Oral 3

Conceptualizing Pastoral Development Based on Carbon Sequestration: The Case of Yabelo District in the Southern Ethiopian Rangelands (Presenter David Layne Coppock)

5:20 – 5:35  Oral 4

Re-envisioning Global Rangeland Stewardship: An Ecosystem Services Assessment Framework (Presenter David Briske)

5:35  - 6.05

General Discussion

6:05 pm (EAT)

POSTER SESSION (Manned) (DAY 4)