Socio-Economic and Technical Evaluation of Sheep and Goat Farms in North West Coast of Egypt

Khalil, M.; Sammour, H. B.; El-Wardani, M. A.

doi:10.12816/0005018

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“…Table (1) describes the average age of breeders in different centres in the New Valley governorate, Egypt which was recorded at 51.60 years old. In this respect, Khalil et al (2013) reported that the average farmer's age in the northwestern coastal zone of Egypt is around 51 years old, which is close to our results. In addition, Abd El-Ati et al (2019) reported that in New Valley governorate, 61.4% of breeders have medium ages between 42 and 60 years, while the percent was 55.7% in Assiut governorate.…”

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Some demographic characteristics of farmers and their knowledge of the systems of raising and caring for meat animals in the New Valley governorate, Egypt

El-Nweam,

Abd-Allah,

Fahmy

et al. 2024

Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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The research was designed to study the demographic characteristics of farmers and systems of raising and caring for meat animals for smallholders in the crop-livestock production system in New Valley governorate, Egypt. The primary data for the study were obtained using 300 questionnaires from 3 centres located in the New Valley governorate, selected randomly. The data presented showed that the average age of respondents in different centres in the New Valley governorate was 51.60 years old. There were 5.58 members in the family house, and their marital status reveals that only 4.0% are single, while 91.0% are married, and the rest are widowed, an average of 5.0%. The education level suggested a high proportion of households with a high school rate (36.0%). The study revealed that smallholders keep mixed livestock species, including local, foreign, and cross-bred cows, buffalo, and sheep. About 63.7% gave their animals immunizations and vaccinations. About 52% of animals are raised on natural pastures. Also, households have limited practice of feed conservation in the form of hay or silage. The overall mean of calf weight at birth was 32.57± 0.281 kg, the mean weaning age of calf was 3.87±0.055 month, the mean of calf weight at weaning was 84.11±0.733 kg, and the mean of the milk amount during the suckling period was 3.28±0.033 kg/day for each calf.

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confidence: 91%