Goat Situation Report, July-September 2023
Saturday, July 1, 2023 - Saturday, September 30, 2023
The volume of goat production from July to September 2023 was recorded at 17.75
thousand metric tons, liveweight. This indicates an annual increase of 0.1
percent from the 17.72 thousand metric tons, liveweight output in the same period
of 2022. (Figure 1)
Central Visayas was the top producer of goat with 2.27 thousand metric
tons, liveweight or 12.8 percent share to the total goat production during the
reference quarter. Completing the top five regions with the highest volume of goat
production at liveweight in the third quarter of 2023 were the following:
a. Ilocos Region, 2.23 thousand metric tons;
b. BARMM 1.97 thousand metric tons;
c. Northern Mindanao, 1.82 thousand metric tons; and
d. Davao Region, 1.78 thousand metric tons.
These regions accounted for 56.8 percent of the country’s total goat production
during the quarter.
Relative to their outputs in the same quarter of 2022, 10 regions registered
increments in their production during the reference quarter. In terms of level,
Western Visayas registered the highest increase of 0.16 thousand metric
tons, from 1.50 thousand metric tons in the third quarter of 2022 to 1.66 thousand
metric tons this third quarter of 2023.
Source: Philippines Statistics Authority 2023
Question: Meat of goat is called?
Advantages of goat farming
1. The goat is a multi-purpose animal producing meat, milk, hide, fibre and manure.
In hilly areas, goats are also used for hauling light loads.
2. Goats have very few demands of housing and management. They hardly need
separate housing and happily share their homes with their owners or his other
livestock.
3. Goats can be raised by landless agricultural labourers, ladies and children
because they can thrive well on variety of leaves, shrubs, bushes, kitchen waste
etc.
4. Goat farming can be a profitable occupation for a farmer and can fit well into
mixed farming.
5. Goats are cheaper to maintain, easily available and have a friendly disposition.
6. Goats are capable of adapting to various agro-climatic conditions ranging from
arid dry to cold arid to hot humid. They can be raised in plains, hilly tracts, sandy
zones and at high altitudes.
7. Goats are more tolerant to hot climate than other farm animals.
8. Goats suffer from fewer ailments than other large animals.
9. Goats have got increased digestibility of crude fibre and can produce even on
poor quality roughages.
10. Goats give more production per unit of investment.
11. Goats are smaller in size and have a younger slaughter age.
12. Goat meat has no religious taboo and is relished by all sections of society.
13. Goat meat has less fat and is more in demand.
14. Goats are called the foster mother of man, as their milk is considered better for
human nutrition than other species of livestock.
15. Goat milk is cheap, wholesome, easily digestible and nutritious.
16. Goat milk is finer than cow milk i.e. the fats and proteins are present in a finer
state and are more easily digestible, especially by children and invalids.
17. Goat milk has lesser allergic problems than other species of livestock.
18. Goat milk is used as a ayurvedic medicine for personas ailing with asthma,
cough, diabetes etc..
19. Goat milk has higher buffering qualities and this enhances its value for patients
suffering from peptic ulcers, liver dysfunction, jaundice, biliary disorders and other
digestive problems.
20. Goat milk has higher phosphate content, which is beneficial for vegetarian
communities.
21. Goat milk has a higher content of B-complex vitamins.
22. Goat milk is suitable for preparing various milk products.
23. Goats can be milked as often as required, preventing milk storage problems and
refrigeration costs.
24. Goat hide is used for the manufacture of leather products.
25. Goat hairs are used for the manufacture of rugs and ropes.
26. Pashmina shawls, Mohair and Kashmere carpets are in great demand and are
sold at very high prices.
27. Goat manure is 2.5 times richer in nitrogen and phosphoric acid than cow
manure.
28. Goats form an excellent animal for physiological and biomedical research.
Poor man’s cow : Goat has been described as a poor man’s cow (or mini-cow)
because of its immense contribution to the poor man’s economy. They not only
supply nutritious and easily digestible milk to their children but also regular source
of additional income for poor and landless or marginal farmers. Being small-sized
animals, goats can easily be managed by women and children. Feeding, milking and
care of goats does not require much equipment and hard work. Capital investment
and feeding costs are also quite low. Four goats can be maintained as cheaply as
one indigenous cow. Goats can be successfully reared in areas where fodder
resources are limited and milch cattle do not thrive. Returns on capital of up to 50%
and recovery of 70% of retail price are possible in goat farming. In rural areas, goat
farming plays a vital role in providing gainful employment
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/viveklpm/sheep-and-goat-production-
management/advantages-of-goat-farming
