Research, Policy and Practice
Table 7 Ranking in descending order of importance of keeping goats
Reasons for keeping | Male animals | Female animals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of farmers | Ranking | % of importance | Number of farmers | Ranking | % of importance | |
Cashmere production | 30 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 25 |
Milk production | - | - | - | 30 | 5 | 21 |
Selling and meat consumption | 30 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 18 |
Breeding purposes | 28 | 3 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 14 |
Wealth, status and saving | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
Social activities | 28 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 7 |