Improving rural assets of

Filipino goat farmers

FLS-GEM:Farmer Livestock School on Goat Enterprise Management

Anna Marie P. AloGoat ISP Manager, PCAARRD

FLS-GEM:

DOST-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development

The Project

Enhance

goat farm

performance

in participating

sites in Reg.

1, 2, 3, 8, 10,

and 12

Farmer

Livestock

School

on

Goat

Enterprise

Management

What is the FLS-GEM?

Focuses not just on the science of

goat raising but also on building

enterprises from it

Tackles improved feeding, breeding,

health and waste management

28-week modality designed

specifically for adult goat raisers

Low population base

13.71M hd(PSA 2017)

Demand

5Goat slaughtered > kids born

Low productivity

2Poor dam & kid perfor-mance

Knowledge

3Limited knowledge on proper rearing

Access

4 Lack of access to qlty breeders

Low

Produc-

tivity

Low

K

Limited

AccessLow

Produc-

tivity

Low

K

Limited

Access

Demand

The Goat Industry

How effective was the Project?

Project reach

REGIONNATIONAL

FACILITATORS

REGIONAL

FACILITATORSFARMERS SPILL-OVER3

1 3 72 683 324

2 4 40 370 161

3 6 42 321 20

8 4 36 233 53

10 3 42 278 7

12 3 32 654 62

CAR* - 28 No data No data

TOTAL 23 292 2,539 627

Number of facilitators and farmers trained, 2013-2016

*Not part of the original project; request for retooling came from ATI-CAR

How effective was the Project?

Improvement in productivity

ParametersBaseline

2010

FLS-GEM

2015

Total No. of farms monitored, hd 143 194

Total No. of does monitored, hd 1235 1164

Average No. of does per farm, hd 3 7

Conception rate, % 72 87

Kidding interval, days 251 217.4

Survival rate, % 75 95.51

Mortality rate, % 25 4.49

Wt. at birth, kg 1.70 2.24

Wt. at 3 mo, kg 9.10 11.05

Wt. at 8 mo, kg 16.50 23.83

How effective was the Project?

Increase in value of stocks

ParameterBaseline Data FLS-GEM

2010 2015

Average head sold as

slaughter goat per farm

2.20 3.96

Price per hd breeder, P 3,926.00 5,985.00

Price per hd of slaughter, P 1,795.00 3,102.00

Conception Rate 87%

Kidding index 1.49Kid size 1.64

PW mortality 4.49%

16.5kg Slaughter 23.83kg weight

IncomeP100/kg P130/kg

4

11Kids born

10kids to survive

241.93 kg LW

P31,451.08Gross income /yr

No. of does per farmer: 5hd

How effective was the Project?Improvement in income

After FLSBefore FLS

75%

1.35

1.50

25%

3

8kids

6 to survive

93.97 kgLW

P9,397.27

Gross

Attributable

Interventions

Feeding and

Breeding

Management

Health

Breeding/

Upgrading

How effective was the Project?

Human and social impact

LEVEL CHANGES TOTAL

(N=135)

PERCENT

(%)

PERSONAL Improved personal competence 117 86.67

Improved regard for goat 97 71.85

Widened perspectives due to “lakbay aral” 90 66.67

Increased sphere of friends and influence 71 53.33

Improved financial security due to income from goat 68 50.37

Now a distinguished member of the community 51 37.78

FARM An area now devoted for forage establishment 91 67.41

Maximum utilization of farm 79 58.52

Utilization of goat manure produced better crops and

savings from fertilizers

66 48.89

Stocks in the farm increased 49 36.29

How effective was the Project?

LEVEL CHANGES TOTAL

(N=135)

PERCENT

(%)

COMMUNITY Increase number of goat raisers in the community 97 71.95

Introduction of new forage species in the community 94 69.63

Goat raisers now organized into a cooperative 91 67.41

Upgraded goat stocks in the community 76 56.30

Increased number of buyers 52 38.52

Availability of new business options 27 20.00

Goat made goat as OTOP; became agri-tourism site 14 11.11

Better public-private partnership 7 5.18

WORK Improved internal competence 113 83.70

(for facilitators) Better interaction with farmers 97 71.85

Improved social competence 80 59.26

Negative (Increased workload) 48 35.56

Increased linkages 16 11.85

Human and social impact

How significant was the Project?

PSA ranking

Rank Region

Total

Number % Share

1 R1: Ilocos Region 426,542 11.49

2 NIR: Negros Island Reg. 389,511 10.5

3 R3: Central Luzon 355,643 9.58

4 R7: Central Visayas 325,442 8.77

5 R11: Davao Region 322,687 8.70

6 R6: Western Visayas 300,355 8.09

7 R4A: CALABARZON 254,368 6.85

8 R12: SOCCSKSARGEN 233,029 6.28

9 R10: Northern Mindanao 230,938 6.22

DISTRIBUTION OF INVENTORY BY REGION as of July 1, 2016

How significant was the Project?

FLS: National training modality for goat production

embraced FLS-GEM as its national training modality for

goat production

made attendance to it a prerequisite before receiving any

dispersed animal from government

Embodied in a board resolution passed in August 2014 by

FGASPAPI

Common training modality for goat production for the whole

country as manifested in the National Small Ruminant

Roadmap of DA

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Production

Improving rural assets of

Filipino goat farmers

FLS-GEM:Farmer Livestock School on Goat Enterprise Management

Anna Marie P. AloGoat ISP Manager, PCAARRD

FLS-GEM:

DOST-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development

Thank You!