Problems and Prospects of Small Scale Commercial Goat Farming
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Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
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.