10 Sep Methods of breeding goats for improved productivity
बेहतर उत्त्पादन हेतु बकरी-प्रजनन के तरीके Goat farming is one of the major occupations of rural people in India and plays an important role in the livelihood of small and marginal farmers and landless laborers. In Bihar, goat farming was a traditional occupation of only economically backward classes in the past, but nowadays educated and economically advanced people have come forward in the profession considering it a profitable one. Rearing one or two goats in the backyard generally fetch the farmers significant income more often than not. When rearing goats in few numbers, even the loss, if incurred, will not downsize the farmer’s economic status much. However, vast challenges have been accrued in rearing large sized herds of goats in a business model. The business model may fetch very high return to the investors but the profession requires vast scientific acumen in order to succeed in the race unless other ventures. In order to succeed in goat business, one has to define the breeding objectives initially. Once the objectives are defined, then strategies have to be made to go for selection of goats on the lines of objectives of breeding. In India, the goats are, in general, reared for meat purpose to the maximum extent. In such cases, breeding for higher body weight should be...