Goat Breeding In Iran: Situations, Problems and Approaches

Year 2021, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 25 - 32, 01.01.2021

Farhood Golmohammadi

Abstract

Goat and sheep breeding observe all together by rural and nomadic people as a traditional work for their livelihood and income earning in many arid and semi-arid regions of Iran. Goats traditionally had a strong influence on the socio-economic life of human populations, especially in rural and less favored regions of the world. In these regions this livestock constitutes an important source of proteins by converting different natural resources of lower quality. Due to their high tolerance to heat stress goats can be survive and produce in the most marginal regions of the world. On the other hand goats when are managed well contribute on the preservation of the ecosystems and can be used as an ecological tool for controlling the noxious weeds, reducing the incidences of wildfire, improving the rangelands and wild life habitat. Goats are raised principally for their meat, milk, fibre and skin. Goat farming can be very suited to production with other livestock such as sheep and cattle on low-quality grazing land. The impact of this breed on the carpet and meat industries in the areas where it is farmed is large which make it attractive to study to attempt to understand and potentially improve production and production efficiency. The aim of this article was to study the present situation and the trends of goat production and rearing as an essential tool for sustainable livelihood of rural and nomadic people in arid and semi-arid regions, with emphasizing on the cashmere-producing goats in South Khorasan province, east of Iran.

Keywords

Goats, Breeding Structure, Raeini, Cashmere, South Khorasan, Iran

Thanks

This study has been published in the Proceedings of the International Congress on Domestic Animal Breeding Genetics and Husbandry-20 (ICABGEH-20) which was held online on August 12-14, 2020.

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