Study on Feeding, Housing and Management Systems of Goats at Village Level

Abstract

73.61 percent of goat keeper fed their goats limited feed per goat per day along with concentrates(table-6). During my study I have found 33.33 percent within homestead, 29.17 percent attached house and 27.78 percent was extra house as a thatched house. Approximately 50.00 percent of the In my study I have found distribution of family members of goat rearing household according to their age group(table-1). The age group distribution shows that, considering moderate poor and ultra poor household about 31 percent of family members lies in 21 -30 age group and than 27.20 percent lies on 11 -20 age group which indicates that, dependent family members were found higher than earning groups of people. Seventeen percent were found illiterate, 25 percent can only sign in Habiganj, 7 percent belong to higher secondary in all average. Only 1.72 percent of the total population belong to bachelor(table-2) . About 13.89 percent of family head works in homestead gardening with crop agricultural in Habiganj average. Crop agriculture with grocery business were the main occupation for 18.06 percent., 8.33 percent of the family head were daily labour in Habiganj. 40.28 percent of the family head (table-3). About 11.11 percent of the respondent had no land area but lives in other fellow land in Habiganj. 26.38 percent of the goat rearing households had homestead area(table-4). About 6.90 percent of the households had homestead and forest land in Habiganj and all average respectively. Only 8.33, 8.33, 4.17 and 6.90 percent of the goat rearing beneficiaries had homestead and fellow land in Habiganj (table-5).In my study approximately 51.39 percent of goat rearers fed concentrates to their goat at mid day and 48.61 percent at afternoon. Incase of roughage feeding the table showed that, approximately 48.61 percent fed jackfruit leaves and 26.39 percent occasionally used mandar leaves to the goats and kids. Approximately goat rearers kept their goats having 10 sq. ft space followed by 41.67 and 8.33 percent goat keepers kept their goats having 15 sq. ft (table-7)