5.29 LIVESTOCK DENSITIES AND CARRYING CAPACITY - LIVESTOCK

DENSITY

Data ID

Description:

Livestock densities across the country, in kg/ha

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

Livestock density

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

livestock

density

cattle

sheep

goat

donkey

Notes on data, analysis and

Biomass values for animals were taken as 360 kg cattle; 40 kg goat; 60 kg dorper sheep; 40 kg karakul sheep; 250 kg

compilation:

donkey, based on pers. comm. with Nico de Klerk. The 10 x 10 km grids of livestock density for cattle (Fig 5.25), goats

(5.27), sheep bred for meat (5.28), karakul sheep (5.29) and donkeys (5.26) were converted into kg/ha using the above

biomass values, and summed to give an overall stocking rate for each 10 x 10 grid cell in kg/ha, with parks masked out.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Original data generally accurate to farm level or better. Data for some areas (e.g. Veterinary Services data for communal

areas) only at district level.

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

SD_RANGE

Stocking density (kg/ha) range: 4 - 9; 10 - 19; 20 - 29; 30 - 39; 40

- 49; 50 - 59; 60+

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

See notes on data analysis and compilation

Contact:

Online/Offline Address:

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted