A Research on Structural Characteristics and Problems of Sheep Breeding in Nigde

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dc.authorid0000-0003-4460-3797
dc.contributor.authorCeyhan, Ayhan
dc.contributor.authorSekeroglu, Ahmet
dc.contributor.authorUnalan, Adnan
dc.contributor.authorCinar, Mahmut
dc.contributor.authorSerbester, Ugur
dc.contributor.authorAkyol, Ethem
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Erdogan
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-01T13:38:39Z
dc.date.available2019-08-01T13:38:39Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentNiğde ÖHÜ
dc.description.abstractThis study was carried out to reveal the present status of sheep farms in Nigde, to detect basic priority problems and to offer some solutions to these problems. In this study, total of 96 sheep farming enterprises were chosen by stratified sampling method to represent the entire province as an example. A survey was conducted to obtain information regarding mating, lambing, milking, shearing, marketing milk and meat, grazing animals status, tools and equipment of sheep enterprises and health protection and feed utilization status. The results of analyzes showed that a large portion (68.8%) of sheep breeders were primary school graduates, while 99% of sheep farms raised only Akkaraman breed 1.0% of them raised only Merino breed, average duration of sheep breeding was 25.7 years, family labor was commonly (63.5%) used as shepherd, the average number of sheep per farm was 314.5 head and the enterprises had also 7.9 head cows, 38.1 head goats, 1.9 horses and 5.2 heads cat and dog. Besides, it was informed that 86.4% of breeders had learned sheep breeding from their ancestors, sheep farming was only source of income for 82.3% of them and was enjoyable job for 10.4% of them. It was also determined that sheep breeding was maintained in highland (40.6%), in highland and settled down (19.8%), in settled down (38.6%), and in nomadic (1.0%) system in Nigde. The 97.9% of sheep enterprises is a member of Nigde Sheep and Goat Breeders Association. Breeders expressed that high feed prices, insufficient pastures area and poor pastures quality were priority problems. They reported that needs to be done to increase in marketing price, improvement of pasture and sheep flock genetic, also increasing the forage crops cultivation area for profitable sheep breeding.
dc.identifier.endpage68
dc.identifier.issn1309-1743
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage60
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11480/4073
dc.identifier.volume18
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000409910200008
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthor[0-Belirlenecek]
dc.language.isotr
dc.publisherKAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIV
dc.relation.ispartofKAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF NATURAL SCIENCES
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectNigde provience
dc.subjectSheep Breeding
dc.subjectSurvey
dc.subjectPasture
dc.subjectStructural Characteristics
dc.titleA Research on Structural Characteristics and Problems of Sheep Breeding in Nigde
dc.typeArticle

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