What is being built?
This development in Békés County helps protect nature across more than 410 hectares.
With EU support, the Körös-Maros National Park Directorate has launched a development project to help preserve the Pannonian salt steppes. The project involves modernising the model farm used to house racka and cigája sheep at Fehértó in Kardoskút, the directorate announced on Friday.
According to the announcement, the main objective of the project, which will be completed by the end of 2027 with a budget of nearly one billion forints, is to maintain natural and semi-natural grasslands, especially Pannonian salt steppes and marshes, through grazing.
It also contributes to preserving the favourable conservation status of species of Community importance in the Natura 2000 areas, such as the European hamster, the great snipe, the summer goose, the imperial eagle, the roller, the red-footed falcon, the crane and the little bittern.
More racka and cigája sheep can graze near Kardoskút
The development particularly affects the core area of the Kardoskút Fehértó National Park, where the preservation of Pannonian salt steppes and marshes can be ensured through extensive grazing. To this end, it is necessary to increase the number of racka and cigája sheep, which are essential for nature conservation management, and to improve their living conditions.
The Cigaja sheep bred by the national park are not only important for nature conservation and gene preservation, but also represent a tourist and cultural asset: they contribute to the preservation of traditional pastoral culture and the landscape.
New agricultural buildings are being constructed
The current buildings, which are in poor condition, will be replaced by new structures necessary for grazing and animal husbandry – a thatched barn, a smaller barn, a caretaker's building, as well as a well house, a fire water reservoir and public utilities. The new facilities will also enable the safe storage and use of feed, thus ensuring the conditions for nature conservation management and animal husbandry in the long term.
Cigája and racka sheep are usually used on saline pastures. These are native sheep breeds that can be kept economically under domestic conditions, are hardy, and produce milk comparable to that of intensive breeds. The increased livestock population provides a better opportunity to create a mosaic grassland structure that is as close to natural as possible.
Grazing is the best way to utilise alkaline grasslands. Grazing can create sufficient diversity within a habitat type, greatly increasing the diversity of plant and animal communities in the grasslands. The development will help achieve this goal on more than 410 hectares.
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