Open AccessTHE ECONOMICS OF GOAT PRODUCTION IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Author(s) -
S. A. N. D. Chidebelu,
M. Ngo Ndjon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v25i1.2272
Subject(s) - production (economics) , procurement , scale (ratio) , business , geography , agricultural economics , agricultural science , biology , economics , marketing , cartography , macroeconomics
The West African Dwarf goat is to Southeastern Nigeria and is raised by many families under small-scale and intensive management systems. Results showed that the average households kept 6 goats, but that expansion was limited by labour and feed procurement problems. Both males females owned goats but males dominated goat marketing. Women have recently become goat meat retailer. Although the prospects for large-scale goat production appeared bleak, those for women producers integrating vertically forward into marketing appeared favourable.