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Goat Farming as a Business

R1200,00

This course covers Entrepreneurship, Breeds, Management of Does and Bucks, Breeding, Kid management, Husbandry Practices, Goat Nutrition, Crop Livestock Production System, Health, Goat Business Management and Record keeping.

Available in English, Afrikaans, Portuguese, Sesotho, Shona, Xhosa and Zulu.

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Description

This course covers:

1.0 Entrepreneurship
1.1 Characteristics of an entrepreneur.
2.0 Breeds
2.1 Types of breeds
2.2. Other breeds
3.0 Management of does and bucks.
3.1 Management of females.
3.2 Management of males
4.0 Breeding
4.1 Breeding systems.
4.2 Mating systems
4.3 Selection and culling
4.4 Breeding calendar
4.5 Buck to doe ratio
5.0 Kid management.
5.1 Kidding season.
5.2 Kid rearing
6.0 Husbandry Practices.
6.1 Housing
6.2 Detention.
6.3 Hoof trimming.
7.0 Goat Nutrition
7.1 Feed Requirements.
7.2 Digestive System

8.0 Fodder production and conservation.
9.0 Crop livestock production system.
10.0 Health.
10.1 Dipping
10.2 Dosing/Drenching
10.3 Injections
11.0 Goat Business Management
11.1Goat marketing
11.2 Financing goat business.
11.3 Business planning.
12.0 Record keeping.
12.1 Physical records.
12.2 Financial records

 

3 Week course at 5 hours per week as a guide, but students can complete on own time

AGRISETA Accreditation is under the name Nosa Agricultural Services. Service provider code AGRI/c prov/0459/13

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