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Effects of the strategic supplementation of does’ diets on goat performance and smallstock keeper livelihood in the Gangetic plains of Nepal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

C. Rymer ,
M.L. Jayaswal ,
K.P. Neupane ,
S.P. Shrestha ,
N. Lama ,
V.N Jha  and
D. Neupane
C. Rymer
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, PO Box 237, Reading, RG6 6AR, U.K.
M.L. Jayaswal
Affiliation:
New ERA, PO Box 722, Sifal, Kalopool, Kathmandu, Nepal
K.P. Neupane
Affiliation:
Nepal Agroforestry Foundation, Khoteswor, Phoolbari, PO Box 9594, Kathmandu, Nepal
S.P. Shrestha
Affiliation:
Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Khumultahr, Kathmandu, Nepal
N. Lama
Affiliation:
New ERA, PO Box 722, Sifal, Kalopool, Kathmandu, Nepal
V.N Jha
Affiliation:
Nepal Agroforestry Foundation, Khoteswor, Phoolbari, PO Box 9594, Kathmandu, Nepal
D. Neupane
Affiliation:
Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Khumultahr, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Keeping goats can make an important contribution to the livelihoods of small and landless farmers in Nepal, one of the world’s poorest countries. Work with four communities in the Dhanusha district of southern Nepal identified that a key constraint to goatkeeping in this area was doe infertility. Of 114 does over 10 months old that were monitored for a 12 month period, 33 did not kid and a further six were sold because of infertility. The objective of this experiment was to determine the effect of strategic supplementation of does’ diets on doe and kid performance, and on the contribution that the goat flock made to the livelihoods of the goatkeepers.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 46
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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