The paper aims to identify the number of sheep and goats existing in Romania, spread over Macroregions, Development Regions and counties and to present its evolution in the period 2014-2019. At the same time, a comparison will be made with the situation registered in 1990. The favorable...

The paper presents dimensional structure of sheep and goats farms at national level, as well as a comparative analysis of it, conducted at the level of development regions. As of April 30, 2019, there were 338,371 sheep farms, of which 65% were in the category "below 10 heads", belonging to...

This paper proposes the analysis of forms of ownership (total, private sector, individual farms), for the eight development regions for sheep and goat milk. This paper is based on the analysis of statistical data from a quantitative and qualitative point of view, highlighting the contribution of...

This research evaluates the results of a Rural Development Program of the Baja California Alliance for the Countryside (2000-2005). Though this program, the Mexican Government encouraged small species livestock farming activities. The program provided economic support and capacity building to...

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers provides for mandatory indication of country of origin or place of provenance for unprocessed meat of pigs, poultry, sheep and goats, as from 13 December 2014. The Regulation requires the adoption of implementing...

In this study, we estimated the influence of different meat prices, socio-demographic and geographic variables on sheep and goat meat demand using the Swiss household expenditure survey from 2000 to 2005, a micro data set on 20,940 households resident in Switzerland. This study is motivated by...

Conventional productivity evaluation criteria are inadequate to evaluate subsistence livestock production, because 1) they fail to capture non-marketable benefits of the livestock, and 2) the core concept of a single limiting input is inappropriate to subsistence production, as multiple limiting...

Conventional productivity evaluation criteria are inadequate to evaluate subsistence livestock production, because 1) they fail to capture non-marketable benefits of the livestock, and 2) the core concept of a single limiting input is inappropriate to subsistence production, as multiple limiting...

Gehen Ziegen auf die Weide sind Wurminfektionen unvermeidlich. Mit vorausschauender Planung lässt sich ohne Leistungseinbußen der Einsatz von Entwurmungsmitteln einschränken. Damit könnte auch die Weiterentwiklung der Antelhminthika-Resistenzen vorgebeugt werden. Da in den nächsten Jahren...

Following a reminder of the current rules governing sheep and goat production in the European Union, this study presents the main features and challenges of the sheep and goat sector in the EU. It analyses the impact of greater liberalisation through the WTO and draws up recommendations....

Angesichts der Tatsache, daß Südafrika der Welt größter Mohairproduzent ist und 50% des Weltbedarfs deckt, werden Entstehung und Struktur dieses Produktionszweiges näher betrachtet und analysiert. Gründung der Angoraziegenzucht 1838-1860; Konsolidierung 1861-1899; Wachstum 1900-1929; Depression 1930-1949;...