Department of Science and Technology2007-09-042007-09-042005-04Department of Science and Technology. 2005. Poverty alleviation, phase report 2005, Cashmere is King, April 2005, pp 10http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11932005: Cashmere is King Phase ReportDuring the research period the project was funded by the CSIR and in 2001 the Poverty Alleviation programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) became involved in the project. The project was funded by DST to the amount of kR5700 over a period of four years. The primary objective was to establish a cashmere industry in South Africa by involving and training sufficiently large number of farmers and by a selective/upgrading programme in order to produce higher yields of better quality cashmere fibre together with the establishment of small agro-industries which convert the fibre into final products. Cashmere harvesting is highly labour intensive and is ideally suited for small farmers who have a small number of goats and have close contact with their animals, enabling them to identify those animals with good cashmere producing potential and to know exactly when optimum shedding takes place at which stage the goats should then be combed. The utilization of the fibres as an additional source of income would make the goat flocks more profitable. Furthermore the establishment of small agro-industries, which convert the fibre into the final product, with specific emphasis on tourist and export textiles, increase income generating and employment opportunities in rural areas substantially.enCashmereGoatsAnimal fibreAgro-industriesReportDepartment of Science and Technology (2005). <i>Poverty alleviation, phase report 2005</i> Cashmere Projects. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1193Department of Science and Technology <i>Poverty alleviation, phase report 2005.</i> Cashmere Projects, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1193Department of Science and Technology. Poverty alleviation, phase report 2005. 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1193TY - Report AU - Department of Science and Technology AB - During the research period the project was funded by the CSIR and in 2001 the Poverty Alleviation programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) became involved in the project. The project was funded by DST to the amount of kR5700 over a period of four years. The primary objective was to establish a cashmere industry in South Africa by involving and training sufficiently large number of farmers and by a selective/upgrading programme in order to produce higher yields of better quality cashmere fibre together with the establishment of small agro-industries which convert the fibre into final products. Cashmere harvesting is highly labour intensive and is ideally suited for small farmers who have a small number of goats and have close contact with their animals, enabling them to identify those animals with good cashmere producing potential and to know exactly when optimum shedding takes place at which stage the goats should then be combed. The utilization of the fibres as an additional source of income would make the goat flocks more profitable. Furthermore the establishment of small agro-industries, which convert the fibre into the final product, with specific emphasis on tourist and export textiles, increase income generating and employment opportunities in rural areas substantially. DA - 2005-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cashmere KW - Goats KW - Animal fibre KW - Agro-industries LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2005 T1 - Poverty alleviation, phase report 2005 TI - Poverty alleviation, phase report 2005 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1193 ER -