Goat Production and Supply Chain Management in the Tropics
Basanta Kumara Behera, Pramod Kumar Rout, Ashok Kumar, et al.
Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Medizin
Beschreibung
This book is a practical manual for goat production systems covering: breeding and selection, feeding based on available crops and resources, and targeted preventative health care for increased productivity and income. It outlines best practice and strategies for setting up a farm, overcoming challenges, increasing milk and meat quality, obtaining sustainability, reducing environmental pollution, optimising climatic conditions and tapping into local know-how. In addition, the book details developing region-specific data for effective decision making and better management, as well as how to run a developmental project to empower stake holders for higher production, support innovation, and analyse the supply chain for better product quality and marketing.
Rezensionen
Finally, we have a book from the tropics and for the tropics, or better yet a book from the developing world and for the developing world, where most goats are today and where the largest increase in population growth among all domestic animals has occurred among goats.
This book is highly recommended as a textbook for students, scientists and practitioners of animal science.
