Title
Characterization and proposals for the improvement of goat production systems of the Peruvian coast
Other title
Caracterización y propuestas de mejora de los sistemas de producción caprina de la costa central de Perú
Date Issued
01 October 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
INIFAP-CENID Parasitologia Veterinaria
Abstract
Peru has an important goat sector, based mainly on mixed or meat purpose herds. Nevertheless, in Peruvian central coast valleys, goats are more oriented to milk purpose, being the animal feeding based on graze crop stubbles. The objective of this study was to characterize farms of this area. Sixty (60) farmers were interviewed and 39 variables were used in the study. A multivariate analysis followed by an ANOVA among the four obtained clusters was conducted. Two dimensions were obtained explaining 69.9 % of variance. Eight variables showed statistical differences: (i) farmer's education level, primary and secondary level predominate respectively in Clusters 3 and 2, P<0.05); (ii) farm surface area, less than 0.50 ha except in Cluster 1, P<0.05; (iii) type of land ownership, private was lesser in Cluster 1, P<0.01; (iv) importance of goats, goat production was the main farmer activity in Clusters 3 and 4, P<0.001; (v) number of goats, 97 y 80 respectively in Clusters 1 and 4 and less in the other clusters; P<0.001); (vii) number of bovines, 18 and 16 respectively in Clusters 1 and 2 and less in the other clusters, P<0.001; and (viii) feeding supply in the trough, farmers did not supplied feed in Clusters 1 and 4, P<0.01. These production systems should be improved globally for their continuity. Likewise, the holding size increasing would be appropriate and the trading of singular products should be driving.
Start page
409
End page
427
Volume
5
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84907451040
Source
Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Pecuarias
ISSN of the container
20071124
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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