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Scientific Goat Management Practices for the Semi-Arid Tropics

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Title Scientific Goat Management Practices for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Creator Rathod, P
 
Subject Semi-arid tropics
 
Description Goats have proven to be useful through the ages
due to their productivity, small size and because
they don’t compete for food with humans.
Popularly known as the poor man’s cow, goats
hold tremendous potential for rural prosperity
under changing agroclimatic conditions and
depleting resources for crop-based livelihoods.
In semi-arid India, goat husbandry is taken up
by millions of smallholders who rear animals on
crop residue and common property resources,
providing them meat, milk, fiber, hide, etc,
with virtually no capital, resource and training.
In recent years, decreasing common property
resources have driven farmers to take up intensive
systems more seriously. Newer goat breeding, feeding,
management and disease control technologies are now available.
Therefore, it is necessary to adopt scientific goat
farming in different agro-climatic zones, including
the semi-arid tropics. Key to making goat farming
more profitable and sustainable are increasing
the production and efficiency of goat production
through improved animal health, fertility, longevity
and nutrition. These hold the most potential for
enhancing nutrition security and thereby ensuring
food security.
 
Publisher ICRISAT
 
Date 2018-11
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10988/1/Flyer%20Goat%20Management_Final.pdf
Rathod, P (2018) Scientific Goat Management Practices for the Semi-Arid Tropics. Technical Report. ICRISAT.