Research on the Value-Added Process of the Value Chain of Tibetan Sheep Based on the Rotational Grazing

Abstract

In the mode of rotational grazing, the herds of sheep from 11 herdsmen were monitored in such aspects as the plant yield of the grasslands, the production process of the herds of sheep and the corresponding market prices of mutton, the structure of the herd and the changes of the number, the cost composition and its change, and the process of value transfer among the entities of the external value chain within 15 months. On this basis, this paper attempted to deconstruct the relationship between the above factors and the value chain as well as the model of the value-added process of the value chain. Besides, it further analyzed the key factors which can affect how the value of the value chain can be added so as to optimize the rotational grazing, the grass-and-grazing balance, and the key points of management and control.