Goat Production and Management

Goat Production and Management
(ISBN 978-81-963487-2-4)

EDITORS
Dr. Gaurav Jain
Dr. Divya
Dr. Rupesh Jain
Dr. Ngangkham James Singh

Goat plays a significant role in providing supplementary income and livelihood to millions of
resource poor farmers and landless laborers of rural India. Small ruminant rearing ensures.
self-employment and acts as a cushion in distress situations like drought and famine. Goat
rearing is second largest activity of livestock sector after the cattle. Goat production system
in India has been slowly moving from extensive to intensive system of management for
commercial production of goats. However inadequate availability and poor quality of feed
resources, high incidence of diseases and inadequate knowledge on appropriate management of small ruminants have been identified as some of the major constraints. Therefore, many cost-effective technologies have been developed in recent times to boost in productivity and food security. The need of the day is to validate and disseminate these technologies to farmers at their doorstep so that they are encouraged to adopt them. The present book entitled “Goat Production and Management” is a step toward recent research and advances in goat farming in India. The book may be very useful for farmers, student and goat entrepreneurs engaged in sustainable goat production.