Research, Policy and Practice
Survey question | Farmers’ opinions | Respondents (%) |
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What are the field problems caused by the conservation rule? | Difficulty in maintaining goat number to four | 60 |
Conflict with forest personnel | 20 | |
Restricted opportunity to earn more income | 20 | |
What are the reasons for being unhappy with the rule? | Rule restricts income generation | 40 |
Goat population is difficult to manage | 20 | |
Do not know | 40 | |
Rule restricts opportunities to earn more income | 60 | |
Rule is an obstacle to livestock development | 20 | |
Do not know | 20 | |
What changes would you like to see in the rule? | Rule allowing a farmer to rear more number of goats | 80 |
Rule allowing free grazing in forest | 20 | |
What additional rules would you suggest on goat rearing? | Rule restricting number of goats under free browsing in the forest | 60 |
Rule allowing unlimited number of goats under stall-feeding | 40 | |
What government interventions and support do you expect on goat rearing? | Materials to fence and construct goat sheds for stall-feeding | 40 |
Improvement of goat breeds | 40 | |
Supply of forage planting materials | 20 |