In order to analyze the effects of grazing policies on animal husbandry in a farming - pastoral zone

changes of feeding manner

livestock output

and input of animal products in Ejin Horo Banner

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are analyzed and compared based on peasant household survey.After the grazing policies

some households abandon animal husbandry and others still work on in it at a lower level

which is unfavorable to the development of the local animal husbandry.The input of animal husbandry in 2006 was 111.3 % of that in 1995

but the incomes from sheep and goats increased by 16.33 % and 33.15 %

respectively.For these reasons

the households must promote the development of the local animal husbandry by structural adjustment

change feeding manners

modify varieties

raise livestock breeding efficiency

and adopt other effective measures.