Songkhla Province in Thailand encourages goat farmers to alternative livestock products promote grouping develop production potential

Published Mar 9, 2022

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Songkhla province in Thailand is the second largest producer of beef goats in the lower South, with a 12% increase from the previous year, reaching a total of 58,353 beef goats as of February 2022. This increase is due to the easy rearing and climate resilience of goats, which are raised by farmers as a supplementary source of income. The average cost of fattening a goat is 2,655 baht/head, with a net return of 1,160 baht/head. Most of the goats are sold to merchants for distribution within the province and for export to Vietnam and Malaysia. The Office of Agricultural Economics (NESDB) 9 is supporting goat farming by providing research and development, and promoting the establishment of standardized slaughterhouses and goat meat processing to enhance market expansion and development.

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Mr. Paitoon Silaphat, Director of the Office of Agricultural Economics 9 Songkhla (SorTor. 9), Office of Agricultural Economics (NESDB), revealed the situation of beef goat production in Songkhla province. which is the second largest production source in the lower South after Yala Province Most of the goat farmers in Songkhla Meat goats are raised as a supplementary occupation to increase family income and tend to increase continuously. Because it is an easy animal to raise. Resistant to all climates takes up less space for raising At present (data from the Department of Livestock Development as of February 2022) has a total of 58,353 beef goats, an increase from 51,882 goats last year (an increase of 12 percent) and 5,952 farmers. NESDB 9 researched the production and marketing of goat meat in the area of Songkhla Province. to comply with the implementation of the marketing lead production policy using the goat strategy 2017 - 2021, which most farmers in the area Popular breeding ...

Source: RYT9