Marketing Constraints to Goats in the Western Hill of Nepal

Abstract

Goat marketing study was conducted in eleven districts with the objectives of exploration the existing goat marketing system in western hills of Nepal. The methodology of the study was households survey, Rapid Marketing Appraisal and use of secondary data. Some of the marketing centers are at the village level, catchments, terminal level markets and district headquarters. There are some marketing agents dealing with the goat marketing from village to the municipalities. Goat marketing agents mainly found farmers and middlemen at the village level and catchments markets. In terminal markets mainly wholesalers and middlemen were involved where as in district headquarters and municipalities middlemen, wholesalers and butchers were dealing the goat business. 59.3% respondents believed that middlemen visit in the village for goat marketing. Almost all farmers sell their goats on the basis of estimated price. Major constraints on goat marketing were lack of public goat marketing centres, lack of communications about goat marketing and lack of infrastructure etc in all the domestic markets. In the western hills of Nepal main goat marketing centre was found in Pokhara sub municipality where traders/whole sellers bring their goats to sale from different catchments. Government has the provision of establishing new goat marketing centers in each VDCs and district headquarters.

Features of small holder goat farming from Chitwan district of Bagmati province in Nepal

“…The Government of Nepal is trying to address these constraints through various schemes but small scale farmers rarely get to reap the benefit. Nepali et al (2007) reported that feeding and health facilities related constraints were major ones which were similar to our study.…”

“…The majority of farmers sold it to the local meat sellers whereas other dimensions are household consumption, community kitchen, middle-man or religious offerings. It was similar with findings of Nepali et al (2007) in Western Nepal. It was found that people try to make their goat ready at the time of festivals like Dashain, Tihar, Maghe Sankranti, etc.…”

“…Goats were attacked by wild animals and street dogs. Nepali et al (2007) also reported a similar case of attack of wild animals in Arghakhachi, Lamjung and Myagdi district. Market constraints was ranked last indicating less market problem for goat selling of smallholder goat farmers.…”

Constraint Analysis of Goat Farmers in Tamil Nadu, India

“…Unscientific price fixation (86.4%) was ranked as the fifth most serious constraint as there was no proper procedure of weighing the goats and fixing the price by the traders and butchers. Rajkumar et al, (2014), Kumar (2007), Tanwar (2011) and Nepali et al, (2007) (Table 5).…”

A Socioeconomic View of Status And Prospects of Goat Farming in Rural Areas of Nepal

“…A typical smallholder farmer earns NPR 15,000 -20,000 annually from selling their goats (NLSS, 2012). Nepali et al, (2007), stated that in western hills of Nepal farmers are dependent on middlemen to sell their products or have to search for interested people who are ready to slaughter the goat and sell in the village. There is no assuring market.…”