Socio-economic Aspects of Goat Production in a Rural Agro-pastoral System of Uganda

Byaruhanga, Charles; Oluka, J.; Olinga, Stephen

doi:10.13189/ujar.2015.030604

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“…Considering literate who attended schooling, proportionally a higher percentage (19.2 %) attended grade 1-3 followed by (8.3 %) attended grade 4-6 and (3.3 %) were attended above grade six. Inline to the present study, higher proportion of illiterate (79.4%) and lower level of primary (2.4%) were reported in Jeldessa, Mudianeno [12]. Therefore, this finding clearly reflects the nearby community in the previous period was unable to find the access of learning due to the severe scarcity of infrastructures and lack of awareness about schooling but yet the target people even from remote areas are highly salivate schooling although the access of infrastructure is also diversified in all over the region.…”

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On Farm Reproductive Performance and Trait Preferences of Sheep and Goat in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Areas of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Bk¹,

Hb²,

Birhane³

et al. 2021

J Anim Sci Res

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This study was conducted from March 2018 to January 2019 with the aim of assessing the reproductive performance and traits preferences of sheep and goats producers in pastoral and agro-pastoral area of Afar, Ethiopia. Semi-structured questionnaires and field observations were used to collect the required information from 136 from pastoral and 56 from agro-pastoral. Sheep and goats were kept for a variety of reasons including income generation, insurance (sale for cash to meet unexpected expenditures) and economic security (sale for cash to support foreseeable expenses), social/religious functions and prestige in ownership. In both production systems, next to camels, goats and sheep were ranked as the second and third most important livestock species in accordance to their relative importance. In the current study, there was a significance differences (P<0.05) in the reproductive performance of both sheep and goats between pastoral and agro-pastoral areas. Goats in agro-pastoral areas had noticeably higher average age at first kidding (12.33 ± 0.76 months), and kidding interval (8.76 ± 2.04 months) whereas they had lower age at first mating both for Doe and bucks (9.28 ± 1.85 and 7.98 ± 2.08 months, respectively). Similarly, sheep in the agro-pastoral areas had higher age at first lambing (12.30 ± 1.18 months) and lambing interval (9.16 ± 2.66 months) than sheep found in the pastoral areas. In both production systems twinning ability (0.46), fast growth (0.41) and trekking long distances were the main preferred sheep traits, whereas fast growth, milk yield and twining ability were the main goat preferred traits with an overall index value of 0.37, 0.32, and 0.32, respectively. Genetic improvement programs targeting pastoral and agro-pastoral production system need to be incorporated the traits of preference, multipurpose roles and the existing traditional herding and breeding practices.

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On Farm Reproductive Performance and Trait Preferences of Sheep and Goat in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Areas of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Bk¹,

Hb²,

Birhane³

et al. 2021

J Anim Sci Res

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“…In low-income countries of e.g., Asia, Africa, and Latin-America, locally adapted goat breeds are raised for milk and meat, and in dry and drought-prone areas, goat milk is often the only protein source in children's diets (7). In countries where the majority of goats are found, most goat owners belong to the lower socioeconomic strata (8)(9)(10)(11)(12), and, in rural areas, goats are largely managed by women and children (13,14).…”

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Global Goat! Is the Expanding Goat Population an Important Reservoir of Cryptosporidium?

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Goats are a primary or additional income source for many families in resource-poor areas. Although often considered inferior to other livestock, the resilience of goats and their ability to thrive in a range of environments means that that they are of particular value. Furthermore, goats emit less methane than other livestock species. In these same areas, it is well-documented that cryptosporidiosis has a substantial impact on infant morbidity and mortality, as well as reducing child growth and development. As Cryptosporidium also causes diarrheal disease in goats, the question arises whether goats may represent a reservoir of infection to humans. Epidemiological studies regarding the potential for transmission of Cryptosporidium between goats and humans have largely concluded that Cryptosporidium species infecting goats are not zoonotic. However, these studies are mostly from developed countries, where goat husbandry is smaller, management routines differ greatly from those of developing countries, contact between goats and their owners is more limited, and cryptosporidiosis has less impact on human health. In this article, background information on goat husbandry in different countries is provided, along with information on Cryptosporidium prevalence among goats, at both the species and sub-species levels, and the potential for zoonotic transmission. The intention is to indicate data gaps that should be filled and to increase awareness of the role of goats as providers for low-income families, often living in areas where cryptosporidiosis is endemic and where appropriate baseline interventions could have a positive impact, regardless of species of goat or parasite.

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“…According to group discussion with participants, majority of farmers prefer feeding small ruminant with other livestock due to shortage grazing land and presence a single private grazing land in the study district. Feed supplementation of small ruminants: Natural pasture and crop residues do not fulfill the nutritional requirements of animals particularly in the dry season due to poor management and poor quality [42]. Thus, provision of supplementary feeds to increase the productivity of livestock is essential.…”

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Assessment of Sheep and Goat (Small Ruminants) Production System in Esera District, of Dawro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Alilo¹,

Beyene²,

Mola³

2018

J Adv Dairy Res

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This study was conducted in Esera district Dawuro zone Southern Ethiopia with the objectives of assessing small ruminant production system. For the study one hundred thirty eight (HHs) owning small ruminant were selected randomly and semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on small ruminants' production system, management, reproductive performances and availability of feed resources .The available feed resources are (a grass species, crop aftermath and 4 legumes species are the common ones). The average family size was 5.23 ± 0.195 per HH. Crop-livestock farming was the commonly used farming system (100%) with (69.1%) extensive and (30.9%) semi-intensive production system. The mean total land holding was 3.1288 ± 0.19 ha per HH and was significant (P<0.05) varied across agro-ecologies. The average sheep and goat flock size per HH was 6.08 ± 0.183 and 5.69 ± 0.236 respectively and was significantly (p<0.05) varied across agro-ecologies. The purpose of keeping small ruminants in District was for cash income, as an insurance, meat, manure and as means of wealth accumulation with index of 0.32, 0.29, 0.16, 0.13 and 0.08 respectively. Natural mating is the most widely used in their breeding practice almost (100%) in HL (High land), ML (Mid land), and LL (Low land). Grazing and browsing on natural pasture and leguminous tree species are commonly used in their feeding system. Majority (80.7%) of HHs are keeping small ruminants in their living house. The source of water used for their animals and themselves as well is from river, tap, rain and harvested water depending on the season. Internal and external parasites are the first and second ranking diseases and parasites which affects the small ruminants in the study area. For sheep, estimated average puberty age is (6.6 ± 0.12 months for male and 7.7 ± 0.16 months for female), age for first lambing (12.7 ± 0.16 month) and lambing interval (8.4 ± 0.17 month) were significantly Higher (P<0.05) in the HL than in ML and LL. For Goats, estimated average puberty age is (7.04 ± 0.10 months for male and 7.40 ± 0.10 months for female), first Kidding age is (13.04 ± 0.16 months) and lambing interval (8.5 ± 0.12 months) were significantly Higher (P<0.05) in the HL than in ML and LL agro ecology. The major opportunity of small ruminant production is that they requires short generation interval, high market demand smaller space and capital investment with index of 0.26, 0.24 and 0.23 respectively and the major constraints of small ruminant productions were Disease and parasite, feed shortage, insufficient grazing land were the major complaints told by our respondents.

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Socio-economic Aspects of Goat Production in a Rural Agro-pastoral System of Uganda

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

On Farm Reproductive Performance and Trait Preferences of Sheep and Goat in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Areas of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

On Farm Reproductive Performance and Trait Preferences of Sheep and Goat in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Areas of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Global Goat! Is the Expanding Goat Population an Important Reservoir of Cryptosporidium?

Assessment of Sheep and Goat (Small Ruminants) Production System in Esera District, of Dawro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

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