MIGRATORY SHEEP REARING IN THANJAVUR DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU
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Date
2016
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Publisher
Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization
Abstract
Sheep are traditionally raised under either
stationary or migratory system. Several times,
feed scarcity on rangeland forces flock owners to
migrate with their flocks for sustenance (Kaul et al.,
2004). Migratory sheep rearing is very common
among the economically weaker sections of society.
Migratory sheep production continues to be an
important source of employment (Kumar 2015).
However, with the changing times and availability of
diverse occupations, there is decline in the number of
pastoral nomads (Singh et al., 2006). The present
investigation was undertaken in Thanjavur district of
Tamil Nadu with the objectives to study the socio-
economic conditions of the migratory sheep farmers
and migratory pattern of sheep, to examine cost, yield,
income realization and employment generation in
migratory sheep system and to document the
constraints in migratory sheep rearing system.
Description
TNV_IJSR _2017_22(1) _134-136
Keywords
Small Ruminants