Author: A. O. AyeniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goat industry
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Goat Production Systems in the Humid Tropics
Author: A. O. AyeniPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Goat industry
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Improving Goat Production in the Tropics
Author: C. P. PeacockPublisher: Oxfam
ISBN: 9780855982690
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Written for both livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally trained in animal production, this book explains the theory of goat-keeping using practical, step-by-step guidelines. It also takes into account the social, economic and organizational context in which the technology has to function.
Sheep and Goats in Developing Countries
Author: Winrock International Livestock Research and Training CenterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The objectives of this study are to assess the role of small ruminants (sheep and goats) in the food production systems of developing countries, examine their advantages and disadvantages, analyze the constraints limiting their further contribution to the welfare of small farm/low income rural producers, prescribe measures for overcoming these constraints, and make recommendations related to potential donor involvement in support of the development of sheep and goat production. Small ruminants are viewed as an integral, but not dominant component of complex agricultural systems. Particular emphasis is placed on sheep and goats in mixed herds grazing dry rangelands and in small mixed farm systems in medium to high rainfall areas. An analysis of major constraints -- ecological, biological, policy, and socio-economic -- leads to recommendations on the need for a balanced production system approach for research, training and development programs, and for a combination of support activities such as herd health programs, and formulation of favorable credit, marketing and pricing policies for small ruminants and their products.
Small Ruminant Production in the Humid Tropics
Author: International Livestock Research InstitutePublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Sheep and Goats in Humid West Africa
Author: J. E. SumbergPublisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
ISBN: 9789290530589
Category : Animal industry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Goat Production in the Humid Tropics
Author: O. B. SmithGoat Production and Supply Chain Management in the Tropics
Author: Pramod Kumar RoutPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1789240131
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
This book is a practical manual for goat production systems covering: breeding and selection, feeding based on available crops and resources, and targeted preventative health care for increased productivity and income. It outlines best practice and strategies for setting up a farm, overcoming challenges, increasing milk and meat quality, obtaining sustainability, reducing environmental pollution, optimising climatic conditions and tapping into local know-how. In addition, the book details developing region-specific data for effective decision making and better management, as well as how to run a developmental project to empower stake holders for higher production, support innovation, and analyse the supply chain for better product quality and marketing.
Sustainable Goat Production in Adverse Environments: Volume II
Author: João SimõesPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319712942
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This book covers more than 40 indigenous goat breeds and several ecotypes around the globe and describes genotypic and phenotype traits related to species adaptation to harsh environments and climate change. It also addresses sustainable global farming of local goat breeds in different production systems and agro-ecosystems. Discussing three main global regions: Asia, Africa, and Europe, it particularly focuses on adverse environments such as mountain, semiarid and arid regions. The topic of this highly readable book includes the disciplines of animal physiology, breeding, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and veterinary science, and as such it provides valuable information for academics, practitioners, and general readers with an interest in those fields.
Animal production systems. Global workshop
Author: Manuel E. RuizPublisher: IICA
ISBN: 9789290392675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Goat Science
Author: Sándor KukovicsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1789232023
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Goat science covers quite a wide range and varieties of topics, from genetics and breeding, via nutrition, production systems, reproduction, milk and meat production, animal health and parasitism, etc., up to the effects of goat products on human health. In this book, several parts of them are presented within 18 different chapters. Molecular genetics and genetic improvement of goats are the new approaches of goat development. Several factors affect the passage rate of digesta in goats, but for diet properties, goats are similar to other ruminants. Iodine deficiency in goats could be dangerous. Assisted reproduction techniques have similar importance in goats like in other ruminants. Milk and meat production traits of goats are almost equally important and have significant positive impacts on human health. Many factors affect the health of goats, heat stress being of increasing importance. Production systems could modify all of the abovementioned characteristics of goats.