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Research, Policy and Practice

Table 4 Practices followed by farmers to manage goat population

From: Policy or poverty trap? Attitude of goat farmers towards the conservation rule on goat rearing in Bhutan

Study site

Sell off to fellow farmer

Slaughter prematurely

Retain in herd

Sell off to fellow farmer + retain in herd

Sell off to fellow farmer + slaughter prematurely

Darla

77.3

4.50

13.6

4.50

-

Dagana

70.7

8.2

-

20.8

-

Tading

100.00

-

-

-

-

Jigmecholing

60.7

3.60

32.1

3.6

-

Phuntshothang

42.3

7.70

7.70

11.5

30.8

Tsirang

50.0

-

-

19.2

30.8