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                    [Title] => Turn goat feces into ‘black gold’
                    [Summary] => Bothered by the stink of goat feces?


Think positive: Turn them into "black gold" — as fertilizer.


Or more scientifically, use them in determining the presence of internal parasites among these small ruminants.


"Knowing when the herd needs to be dewormed saves money and makes goat production more efficient," pointed out the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD).


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                    [Title] => Goat raising project aims to alleviate poverty in rural areas
                    [Summary] => Goat raising can help alleviate poverty in rural areas by transforming this subsistence type of farm activity into a viable small animal business enterprise.


Funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the proponents of this development project entitled "Rural enterprise development through innovative goat production systems" hope that the project will contribute to the Philippine government’s bid to alleviate poverty.


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                    [Title] => Globalization seen as threat to smallholder livestock sector
                    [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Globalization continues to pose a real threat to the country’s smallhold livestock sector, it was stressed by a research administrator here.


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                    [Title] => Don’t let your goats mate at wrong time — R&D proj
                    [Summary] => Don’t let your goats in heat mate at the wrong time. Also, don’t allow your small ruminants to indulge in inbreeding (incest).


That is, if you want to get the most out of goat-raising.


The greatest danger in allowing goats in estrus (sexual excitability) to mate is having the females give birth during the rainy season.


As stressed by a project titled "Participatory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Parasite Control in Goats in the Philippines".


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                    [Title] => There’s money in goats
                    [Summary] => Here’s good news for rural entrepreneurs: goat raising increases farm income while requiring low capital investment.


The farmers of Balungao, Pangasinan proved that they can earn more in goat raising using the technologies introduced to them during a six-month training on effective goat management initiated by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and natural Resources Research and Development-Department of Science and Technology (PCARRD-DOST), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).


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                    [Title] => ADB program expands to 3 more towns in Pangasinan
                    [Summary] => Three more Pangasinan towns have been added as sites of the expanded project on crop-animal production system funded by Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB).


Now covered by Phase 2 of the "Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN), Project in the Philippines" are Balungao, Calasiao, and Sta. Barbara.


Phase 1 (1999-2000) of the project, which primarily focused on research, covered Barangay Montaño, Umingan only.


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                    [Title] => Phase 2 of ADB-funded livestock project on
                    [Summary] => Phase 2 of livestock project being funded by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) is on.


Called "Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) Project in the Philippines," the undertaking is a component of the program "Improving Crop-Livestock Production System in Rainfed Areas in Southeast Asia."


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Think positive: Turn them into "black gold" — as fertilizer.


Or more scientifically, use them in determining the presence of internal parasites among these small ruminants.


"Knowing when the herd needs to be dewormed saves money and makes goat production more efficient," pointed out the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD).


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Funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the proponents of this development project entitled "Rural enterprise development through innovative goat production systems" hope that the project will contribute to the Philippine government’s bid to alleviate poverty.


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                    [Title] => Globalization seen as threat to smallholder livestock sector
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That is, if you want to get the most out of goat-raising.


The greatest danger in allowing goats in estrus (sexual excitability) to mate is having the females give birth during the rainy season.


As stressed by a project titled "Participatory Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Parasite Control in Goats in the Philippines".


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Now covered by Phase 2 of the "Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN), Project in the Philippines" are Balungao, Calasiao, and Sta. Barbara.


Phase 1 (1999-2000) of the project, which primarily focused on research, covered Barangay Montaño, Umingan only.


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Turn goat feces into ‘black gold’

July 31, 2005 - 12:00am

Bothered by the stink of goat feces? Think positive: Turn them into "black gold" — as fertilizer. Or more scientifically, use them in determining the presence of internal parasites among these small...

Agriculture

Goat raising project aims to alleviate poverty in rural areas

July 17, 2005 - 12:00am

Goat raising can help alleviate poverty in rural areas by transforming this subsistence type of farm activity into a viable small animal business enterprise. Funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural...

Agriculture

Globalization seen as threat to smallholder livestock sector

By Rudy A. Fernandez | April 20, 2005 - 12:00am

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Globalization continues to pose a real threat to the country’s smallhold livestock sector, it was stressed by a research administrator here.

Business

Don’t let your goats mate at wrong time — R&D proj

March 14, 2004 - 12:00am

Don’t let your goats in heat mate at the wrong time. Also, don’t allow your small ruminants to indulge in inbreeding (incest). That is, if you want to get the most out of goat-raising. The greatest danger...

Agriculture

There’s money in goats

February 23, 2003 - 12:00am

Here’s good news for rural entrepreneurs: goat raising increases farm income while requiring low capital investment. The farmers of Balungao, Pangasinan proved that they can earn more in goat raising using...

Agriculture

ADB program expands to 3 more towns in Pangasinan

December 29, 2002 - 12:00am

Three more Pangasinan towns have been added as sites of the expanded project on crop-animal production system funded by Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB). Now covered by Phase 2 of the "Crop-Animal...

Nation

Phase 2 of ADB-funded livestock project on

October 27, 2002 - 12:00am

Phase 2 of livestock project being funded by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) is on. Called "Crop-Animal Systems Research Network (CASREN) Project in the Philippines," the undertaking is a...

Agriculture