5.29 LIVESTOCK DENSITIES AND CARRYING CAPACITY - CARRYING

CAPACITY

Data ID

Description:

Carrying capacity of the land, in kg/ha

Chapter:

5 Land and History

File name:

Carrying capacity

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

carrying capacity

livestock

Notes on data, analysis and

1. Carrying capacity (kg/ha) for the commercial farming area was derived from information produced by the AEZ

compilation:

programme of Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development.

2. Gaps in this data set (i.e. communal areas) were filled in using regional data derived from Table 5.3 in the 1998

Human Development Report for Namibia. This regional level data provided a comparatively crude indication of

carrying capacity due to the coarse-scale (regional) resolution and the method used, as follows. The potential LLUS were

multiplied up by 360kg (biomass of cattle) to calculate kg per region. This was then converted to kg/ha and spread over the whole region.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Carrying capacity data at farm resolution for commercial areas, district level in other areas

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

CC_RANGE

Carrying capacity (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

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted