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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"goat production"”.
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Agricultural commercialisation through innovation platforms: a case for goat production
Empirical evidence has shown that goats are of significance in marginalised, poor, and rural economies and this information has been well documented in scholarly research. Despite its importance and potential contribution, goat farming remains underutilised and undeveloped in the rural economy - …
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United States Meat Goat Production Economic Performance Measures: A Stochastic Production Frontier Analysis
The meat goat industry is relatively a newcomer to the U.S. agricultural production and one of the fastest growing livestock industries in the U.S. Despite the growth of the meat goat industry, little is known about meat goat production economics. Information is needed concerning the drivers of …
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A socio-ecological analysis of environmental change in the Kannaland Municipality of the Klein Karoo, South Africa, over the last 100 years
… in agricultural land use, especially sheep and goat production, has been recorded. Largely due to this, and contrary to degradation projections for this area, evidence of growth in cover of natural vegetation, especially over the last 20 years, was found. From the mid 1990s change from largely …
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Impact of an artificial insemination programme on reproductive efficacy and the cross-breeding if indigenous South African goats with Boer goats in Vhembe District
… has been made to establish animal-assisted reproduction centres designed to facilitate controlled goat breeding, from which efficient oestrous synchronization and artificial insemination (AI) protocols can be administered in the communal farming areas of Vhembe district. The first study aimed …