The loss of land productivity is one of the key challenges facing land use policy-makers worldwide. Pastoralist societies are particularly vulnerable to the loss of land productivity due to their dependence on pastures to raise livestock. Decreasing this dependence through the diversification of livelihood strategies could potentially reduce the vulnerabilities of such societies, with the added benefit of reducing livestock pressure on pastures. This study examines on-pasture income diversification strategies among Kyrgyz pastoralist societies and aims to identify which factors lead to tourism engagement as a non-livestock pasture-related income source. Both individual household and regional (rayon) features associated with diversification are investigated, as are factors such as the perceived high levels of pasture productivity loss. The results show that the income diversification among households differs depending on the number of head of livestock a household owns, regional differences and whether a household manages livestock belonging to others. In addition, the study found no statistically significant result that would show that high perception of pasture degradation would lead to adoption of non-livestock livelihoods, i.e. tourism.

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中亚牧民的收入多样化战略：吉尔吉斯斯坦的发现

土地生产力的丧失是全球土地使用决策者面临的主要挑战之一。牧民社会特别依赖牧场饲养牲畜，因此特别容易遭受土地生产力的损失。通过多样化的生计策略来减少这种依赖性，可以潜在地减少此类社会的脆弱性，并具有减轻牧场对牲畜的压力的额外好处。这项研究研究了吉尔吉斯斯坦牧民社会的牧场上收入多元化战略，旨在确定哪些因素导致旅游业作为非畜牧业相关的收入来源。研究了与多样化相关的单个家庭特征和区域（人造丝）特征，以及诸如牧场生产力损失的高水平等因素。结果表明，家庭收入差异取决于家庭拥有的牲畜头数，区域差异以及家庭是否管理属于他人的牲畜。此外，该研究未发现统计学上显着的结果，该结果表明对草场退化的高度认识将导致采用非牲畜生计，即旅游业。