Perceived constraints in goat rearing at Hatkanangale Tehsil of Kolhapur District

Abstract

The present study entitled “Constraints faced by goat owners in Hatkanangale tehsil of Kolhapur district” was carried out by randomly selecting 200 goat owners from ten villages and were classified in four different flock size groups i.e., very small (1-10 goats), small (11-25 goats), medium (26-50 goats) and large (above 50 goats).The findings indicated that, the reason behind non-adoption of major practices are low benefits from goat rearing due to the major constraints like lack of knowledge of silage and hay making for 100 per cent followed by high cost of medicines 83.00 per cent, lack of capital to start goat farm 46.50 per cent, non-availability of loan facility 28.50 per cent goat owners.