1. Title : Establishment of Integrated Goat/sheep Breeding Farm by SHGs/ farmers
2. Category : Animal Husbandry
3. Name of SHG : Senpavai SHG, Melur
4. Name of the Group Leader : M.Santhi
5. Name of the Scheme : Establishment of Goat Farm
(50 F : 5 M)
6.
Year of Start :
2025-26
7. Name of key promoter : Sevajothi Trust, Melur
GOAT…Greatest
business Of All Time
After proper survey of the area and looking at
the interest of the SHG members regarding goat farming. Goat farming is profitable
if proper guidance and scientific approach is followed from the outset. Besides
goats were also sold to hotels, restaurants, Mutton stall keepers and Meat
exporters. Income generation could be enhanced with higher flock size and time
of farming. Being
the principal meat producing animal in India, goat meat is commonly preferred
to other meat with better prices irrespective of caste and religion. The project should include
the following information on technical, financial and managerial aspects in
detail based on type of unit and capacity.
Main products:
Goat sales
Value-added
products : 1. Goat milk for soap, 2. Goat Meat Export,
Market potential
1.
meat
eaters = 80% in india
2.
The Mutton Industry is worth
Rs.30,000 Cr+.
3.
Worldwide
demand for dairy products is rapidly growing and is projected to increase by 58
% by 2050 compared to 2010,
4.
Cities like Delhi, the average selling price
for Goat milk in normal season is RS. 500 and season of fevers it costs around
RS. 1500.
5.
there
are about 1,00,000 SHG Federations in the country and more than 75% of the
total federations are in South India. 61 lakhs SHGs have been linked with Banks
and the total savings of the SHGs come to around Rs.5,500 crores with almost 100 million women as members
in Tamil Nadu,
6.
15 tons of goat meat every day that gets
consumed in Chennai alone.
7.
Goats - Sheep
constitute a very important species of livestock in India, mainly on account of
their short generation intervals, higher rates of prolificacy, and the ease
with which the goats as also their products can be marketed. They are
considered to be very important for their contribution to the development of
rural zones and people.
8. According to the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII) the food-processing sector has the potential of
attracting US$ 33 billion of investment in 10 years and generate employment of
9 million person-days.
Areas of Production:
9.
Sheep population (%
share): Telangana (25.7%), Andhra Pradesh (23.7%), Karnataka (14.9%) Rajasthan
(10.6%) Tamil Nadu (6.1%).
10.
Goat population (%
share): Rajasthan (14.0%), West Bengal (10.9%), Uttar Pradesh (9.7%), Bihar
(8.6%), Madhya Pradesh (7.5%) (Source: 20th Livestock Census-2019, DAHD))
India Facts and Figures:
India has exported Sheep & Goat meat to the world during the year 2023-24
as is in below table. (Source: DGCIS)
|
|
Export Volume FY24
(MT) |
Exported in FY24 (USD
Mil) |
|
Sheep & Goat Meat |
10829.00 |
77.68 |
11.
Major Export
Destinations (2023-24): United Arab EMTs,
Qatar, Kuwait, Maldives, and Bahrain. (Source: DGCIS).
- Number
of goat kids/batch = 90.
- Each
baby goat weight in 4 months = 16 kg.
- Total
weight gain = 1440 kg.
- Average
live goat meat cost = Rs.200/kg.
- Total
returns (gross profit) = 1440 x 200 = Rs.2,88,000.
- Running
cost per batch = Rs.1,89,000.
- Total Profit =
2,88,000 – 1,89,000 =Rs.98,800.
19. Kidding=80-90%, b. Twinning=40%, c.
Triplicate=10%, d. Single=50%
20. TERMINOLOGY:
Buck - an adult, male goat· Doe - an adult, female goat·
Kid - a young goat· Kidding – a process of giving birth in goat·
Lactation – milk yielding period·
Market animal - livestock bred and produced for food consumption·
Advantages
of Madurai city
- One of the fastest growing industrial
cities in south India with 4 industrial estates, 1 International Airport,
5 bus stands & 1 IT Park and more historical tourist places for
entertainment.
- Wide gap between personnel costs in India and
developed countries
- Strong government support for all such
activities
- Excellent training infrastructure
- Lower infrastructure costs
- Excellent Telecom infrastructure in major
cities and the telecom costs have dropped by about 85% in 3 years.
