Year: 2025 | Month: December | Volume 15 | Issue 6
A Mini Review on Goat Farming amidst the Present Climate Change
Ankush Proch
Gurlal Singh Gill and Surender Singh
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.06.2025.2
Abstract:
Livestock sector is extremely resilient to climate change and are considered to play a significant role in ensuring the food
security of the growing human population on the planet. The impact of climate change is visible all over the world and situation
in India is more alarming as our rural economy is primarily dependent on crop-livestock production system. As compared to
other livestock, goats are considered as the ideal animal due to its draught resilience, high disease resistance and its ability to
survive on limited pasture. This review goes through intothe advantages of rearing goats as compared to other livestock, role
of goats in climate change mitigation and socio-economic importance of goats. Goats are crucial for poor farmers, especially
in lower and middle-income countries in Asia. They provide milk, meat, and other products which can be readily sold and have
low labor requirements, making them ideal for families with limited resources. Furthermore, these low income group families
consider goat as better resilient animal to manage with stressors like feed and water scarcity, heat stress and to feed on bushes
when compared to other animals like cattle and sheep. These advantages makes goat species to effectively counter the adverse
effects associated with climate change and also optimize relevant economic returned through sustained production. Therefore
goats can be projected to be the future animal with high potential to combat alarming climate change effects and goats can also
plays an important role in ensuring food safety to meet the demands of increasing human population in the near future.
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