Prospects and Problems of Goat Farming in Rural Nepal

Abstract

This paper primarily covers problems and prospects of goat farming in Garpan village of Surkhet district, Nepal. The need for sustainable agricultural development and enhance the lifestyle of rural farmer is a prime concern. People who are involved in agriculture especially livestock raring are managing their economic sector but facing different problems. To make sustainable goat farming requires many components; recruit technologies, ideas, skills and breeding system including commercialization of products. The socio-economic base of people has also taken into contemplation in order to make agriculture and livestock sustainability in the eyes and experience of people taken into consideration. The purpose of this paper is to identify the prospects and problems as inherent in the goat farming occupation followed by the people of Garpan village of Surkhet District, Nepal. Shortage of food grain and grass for feeding, unskilled manpower, issue with livestock insurance, insufficient loan facilitation, inadequate training, and problem of facilitation of veterinary is noticed as the problems of goat farming. Diverse significant predictions were found in goat farming activities and action. As the main occupation, goat farming helps to increase income level, opportunity of employment, prospects of meat market, followed with the fertility of land capacity.