Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Commercial Goat Farming

Abstract

Nepal, being one of the developing agricultural country, sustainable development is only possible through the way of agricultural resonances by investigating and investing in resent technologies, ideas, skills and land matching seeds including commercialization in animal husbandry.The prime concern of the study were to analyze the status of small scale commercial goat farming in Chitwan district, to analyze the socio economic impact of small commercial goat farming in Chitwan District, to explore the supporting and constraining factors of small scale commercial goat farming in Chitwan district. A set of questionnaire entitled 'Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Commercial Goat Farming'was the tools for the collection of data, which were distributed to 114households of Jagatpur VDC in Chitwan districts who were rearing at least four goats in their home for the purpose of business.Collected data have been analyzed and interpreted in descriptive ways. The study has used purposive and convenience sampling method. The result of the study showed that the Chitwan district is one of the potential district for the commercial goat farming and found most of the households used to rear at least some goats in their home for the purpose of self consume as well as the purpose of the business, it has great role in the socio-economic status of the people. The major problems of such small scale commercial goat farming in the study were found as lack of grass for feeding, lack of developed caste of goat, lack of manpower, lack of livestock insurance, lack of facilitated loan, lack of proper training ( about livestock), lack of veterinary facility, low price of meat. And the different significant prospects were found in this profession which was as prospects to develop goat farming as a main occupation, prospects to increase the level of income, prospects to increase employment, prospects to capture national meat market, prospect to increase the production capacity of land, prospect to make healthier life.