Improving goat production in the tropics : a manual for development workers

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Improving goat production in the tropics : a manual for development workers

Christie Peacock

Oxfam in association with FARM-Africa, 1996

  • : pbk

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Includes index

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ISBN 9780855982683

Description

Written for both livestock specialists and development workers who have no formal training in animal production, this work explains the theory of goat-keeping and how it can be used to design simple and cheap improvements in the nutrition, health and breeding management of small or large flocks. The book is based on the belief that technical solutions must take account of the social, economic and organizational context into which they are introduced. The argument is put forward that it is not enough for development workers to understand the technology of livestock production, although this is vital, they also need to understand the context in which technology must function.

Table of Contents

  • Common problems of goats in the tropics
  • assessing goat production problems
  • basic goat nutrition
  • improved nutrition
  • goat health
  • managing reproduction
  • breeds and breed improvement
  • management of large goat farms
  • processing and marketing goat products
  • goat improvement programmes.
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: pbk ISBN 9780855982690

Description

Written for both livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally trained in animal production, this book explains the theory of goat-keeping using practical, step-by-step guidelines. It also takes into account the social, economic and organizational context in which the technology has to function.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Common problems of goats in the tropics
  • 2. Assessing goat production problems
  • 3. Basic goat nutrition
  • 4. improved nutrition
  • 5. goat health
  • 6. managing reproduction
  • 7. breeds and breed improvement
  • 8. management of large goat farms
  • 9. processing and marketing goat products
  • 10. goat improvement programmes.

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