Economics of goat farming under traditional low input production system in Bikaner district (original) (raw)

2014, THE ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Goat farming is significantly income generation and employment generation of rural masses. Rural population of the arid zone of Rajasthan depends on livestock for their milk and meat requirement. Goats have a sizable population of total livestock strength in the zone. Total population of goat in the zone was 35.80 lacs when compared with 31.07 lacs sheep and total livestock population of the zone is 92.32 lacs (17 livestock census, 2003-04). Most of the small ruminants in the village condition were kept on natural available feed resources i.e. tree leaves, grasses, residues of vegetable crops and food grain grasses, residues of vegetable crops and food grain crops. Goats mainly depend on grazing in common lands, village waste lands, irrigation canals and channels, gocher lands and agricultural land during the lean period of agriculture crops. Goats contribute significantly to the India economy by HIND INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY