- To assess the production performance of goat breeds in farmer’s flocks under village management system and improve the germplasm through selection.
- To evaluate the socio-economic status of goat breeders and the economics of goat production in farmers flock.
- To disseminate the pro-poor goat based technologies under field conditions and assessment of their impact on goat production.
- The performance recording on growth, milk yield, reproduction, health etc. will be done separately for each group and reporting will be made accordingly.
- Each unit will maintain at least 4 Centres having at least 600 breedable does under the coverage.
- Selection of males and females will be made on the basis of 6 months body weight in small breeds (Black Bengal) and 9 months body weight in medium and large breeds.
- Multiple birth born kids will be preferred over single born kids in the selection of future bucks.
- Semen Bank will be established by each Unit to store at least 1000 doses of semen of each elite buck available in the field area to promote ex-situ conservation of the breed and 500 semen doses to be sent to NBAGR, Karnal.
- The socio-economic studies will be undertaken and viability of goat rearing will be worked out.
- Strategic supplementary feeding schedule will be followed to improve the nutritional level of the goats.
- Health coverage will be provided to all the goats in the project area in collaboration with State Animal Husbandry Department.
- Marketing aspects of live goats and goat products viz. meat, milk, skin, hair and manure will be studied.
- Efforts will be made to form goat breeder’s societies, cooperative societies and to register the goat flocks in the breeding tract of the respective breeds.
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