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Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production

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dc.contributor.author Braun, AL
dc.contributor.author Roux, JA
dc.date.accessioned 2007-09-04T13:30:00Z
dc.date.available 2007-09-04T13:30:00Z
dc.date.issued 2004
dc.identifier.citation Braun, AL and Roux, JA. 2004. Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production. 8th International Goat Congress, Pretoria 2004, pp 4 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1195
dc.description 2004: 8th International Goat Congress en
dc.description.abstract A large number of indigenous goats posses two distinct coats, soft, fine undercoat (cashmere) and a coarse overcoat (guard hair the down fibre length and yield need to be improved by following an upgrading programme in order to lead to a viable cashmere industry in South Africa This could lead to the diversification of existing agriculture resources without a large capital outlay, creating additional income for small goat farmers and a opportunity for beneficiation and small agro- industries. Utilization of the fibres as an addition source of income would make the goat flocks more profitable Cashmere production is labour intensive and ideally suited for farmers with small number of goats Supports rural and economic development en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Cashmere production en
dc.subject Indigenous goat breeds en
dc.subject Animal fibre en
dc.subject Farmers en
dc.subject Economic development en
dc.subject 8th International Goat Congress, Pretoria 2004 en
dc.title Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production en
dc.type Conference Presentation en
dc.identifier.apacitation Braun, A., & Roux, J. (2004). Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1195 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Braun, AL, and JA Roux. "Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production." (2004): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1195 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Braun A, Roux J, Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production; 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1195 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Braun, AL AU - Roux, JA AB - A large number of indigenous goats posses two distinct coats, soft, fine undercoat (cashmere) and a coarse overcoat (guard hair the down fibre length and yield need to be improved by following an upgrading programme in order to lead to a viable cashmere industry in South Africa This could lead to the diversification of existing agriculture resources without a large capital outlay, creating additional income for small goat farmers and a opportunity for beneficiation and small agro- industries. Utilization of the fibres as an addition source of income would make the goat flocks more profitable Cashmere production is labour intensive and ideally suited for farmers with small number of goats Supports rural and economic development DA - 2004 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cashmere production KW - Indigenous goat breeds KW - Animal fibre KW - Farmers KW - Economic development KW - 8th International Goat Congress, Pretoria 2004 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2004 T1 - Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production TI - Progress in the uitilization and promotion of South African indigenous goats for cashmere production UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1195 ER - en_ZA


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