Backyard Goat Raising In The Philippines

Only a handful of commercial scale goat farms can be.

Backyard goat raising in the philippines.

In fact he says. Basically a tropical breed that was successfully adapted in the western countries. Introduction to goat farming in philippines. Goat rising is undertaken commonly by small farmers or backyard raisers.

Assessment of backyard goat raising in claveria misamis oriental philippines alma l. How to raise goats in the philippines. Since sheep are part of the goat antelope subfamily casas discloses that there isn t much difference in raising sheep and goats. Goat farming in philippines or goat raising is one of the very simple low cost food production endeavors that a filipino can get involved in and goat is considered as poor man s cow.

A farmer raises an average of one to two head goats. Only a handful of commercial scale goat farms can be found in the country. How to raise goats in philippine setting. Cosadio imelda u.

Goat farming in philippines. And with regards to goat s meat others don t like the taste because they say goats are mapanghi or maanggo smells like urine similar to lamb. Goat raising is undertaken commonly by small farmers or backyard raisers. The optimum potential of goat as one of the main sources of milk and meat has not been fully tapped in the philippines.

Your local library should have at least one good book on how to raise goats in your backyard with associations and other resources for raising goats listed in the back index. It just means it came from registered parentage. The purpose of this study was to assess the status and limitations of the current management practices of backyard goat production in the municipality of claveria misamis oriental philippines. Nilo casas who is an avid goat raiser is very much convinced that there is money in raising sheep.

Casas said he was able to earn more than a million pesos for selling 275 heads of sheep alone. 1 to help aspiring goat raisers learn and share goat raising technique and experience 2 to assist and provide help to beginners 3 to use as flat form for discussion on all goat related topics and issues 4 as medium to share knowlege about practical experience in goat raising ps. Backyard goat breeder s philippines has 18 190 members. Even a goat that has registered papers is no guarantee that the animal is free of diseases.

You will know different breeds forages and diseases of goat. We import from other countries just to sustain our needs for cow s milk. A farmer raises an average of one to two head goats. Hebron rioniel ellacer.