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… has strong seasonal variability (e.g. extreme cold or dry seasons) that limit resource access or availability, but … many countries still focus attention on crop farming to the detriment of the health of rangelands. … rangelands, particularly in the seasons that pasture is dry. Water is irregularly distributed over the landscape and …

… of 46.6%12. Poor development progress in the country’s dry pastoral areas compared to more favourable Figure 2: … to a steady supply of water that are transferred to crop farming communities, contributing to local hostilities. These … In Kazakhstan the abandonment of vast pastures of the dry-steppe and semi-desert zones coupled with a rapid decline …