Pramod Kumar Rout & Ashok Kumar 
Goat Production and Supply Chain Management in the Tropics 

This book is a practical manual for goat production systems covering: breeding and selection, feeding based on available crops and resources, and targeted preventative health care for increased productivity and income. It outlines best practice and strategies for setting up a farm, overcoming challenges, increasing milk and meat quality, obtaining sustainability, reducing environmental pollution, optimising climatic conditions and tapping into local know-how. In addition, the book details developing region-specific data for effective decision making and better management, as well as how to run a developmental project to empower stake holders for higher production, support innovation, and analyse the supply chain for better product quality and marketing.

Über den Autor

From 1978 to 2009, Professor Behera was a Professor of Biotechnology at three distinguished Indian universities, where he taught several postgraduate courses on bio-energy management and biomass processing technology. In 2009 he joined a MNS company as an adviser for speciality chemicals production and drug design through microbial processing technology. Professor Behera is associated with national and international companies as a technical adviser for the production of biopharmaceuticals under c GMP norms. He is an accomplished writer and has authored books published by CRC Press (USA) and Springer Verlag (Germany). Professor Behera’s writing takes many forms including free verse, haiku, Senryu, Sonnet, Tanka and quatrain. He publishes English poems in both national and international magazines.