Goat farming on livelihood

Goat rearing plays a prominent role in the rural economy in supplementing the income of rural household particularly the landless, marginal and small farmers. Goat is considered as poor man‟s cow and it can be profitably being reared with low investment under semiintensive as well as the extensive systems of management. They provide quick return on account of their short generation intervals, high rate of prolificacy and making the related products.

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The domestic goat Capra hircus is one of the oldest domesticated farm animals. It provides multiple products like meat (chevon), milk, skin, fiber and manure. They survive efficiently on available thorny shrubs and trees in adverse harsh environment in low fertile lands where no other crops can be grown. In India, goats are kept as a source of livelihood and additional income as well as insurance against natural or manmade disasters. The constraints have been assessed on the basis of interview schedule conducted on 125 farmers in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.

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The present investigation was carried out in two blocks of Nabarangpur district of Odisha. 120 respondents were selected randomly having minimum 10 numbers of goats with 5 years of experience in goat rearing. The overall mean score (34.43) of economic impact showed a positive sign for the economic prosperity. The study revealed that 69% of the respondents had medium level of economic impact due to goat farming followed by 18% and 13% respondents with high level and low level of economic impacts respectively.

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