Zinsou Fréjus T A, Olounladé Pascal A, Alowanou Géorcelin G, Adenilé Adam D, Sèdédji Hyppolite A, Bamigbochey Eunice A F, Hounzangbé-Adoté Sylvie M
Laboratoire d'Ethnopharmacologie et Santé Animale (LESA), Université d'Abomey-Calavi, PO Box 03-2819 Cotonou, Benin.
Unité de Recherches Zootechnique et Système d'élevage (URZoSE), Laboratoire des Sciences Animale et Halieutique (LaSAH), Ecole de Gestion et d'Exploitation des Systèmes d'Elevage (EGESE), Université Nationale d'Agriculture (UNA), 01 BP 55 Porto-Novo, Benin.
Heliyon. 2024 Nov 13;10(22):e40256. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e40256. eCollection 2024 Nov 30.
Goat farming contributes to the family economy, sustainable livelihoods and reduces poverty in rural households in Sub-Sahara areas. Also called "Poor man's cow", Red Maradi goat is a Niger-originated dairy goat introduced in Benin by the West African Agricultural Productivity Project-Benin for improving local goat productivity. In order to assess the farming systems put in place by the farmers, a field survey was conducted between August and September 2019. It involved 56 Red Maradi goat farms from selected among the program's beneficiaries from Kandi, Ségbana, Banikoara and Malanville. Data were collected on both farmers' profile and the Red Maradi goats farming practices using structured questionnaire, and were subjected to both descriptive and inferential analysis using SPSS version 25. The results showed that Red Maradi goat farmers were mainly women (67.86 %) with low educational background (80.3 %). Red Maradi goats were raised under the same housing systems and feeding patterns, and received similar health care as local goats. Reproduction was free and females average ages at conception and first kidding were respectively 9.56 ± 0.87 and 14.35 ± 1.87 months; with 1.71 ± 0.51 kids/kidding. Red Maradi goats were not vaccinated (73.21 %) but were dewormed in almost all farms using chemical drugs. Animal health management (75.26 %), animal feeding (62.74 %) and animal housing (45.81 %) related problems were the major challenges faced by Red Maradi goat farms. Based on the farming practices, two (02) major groups of Red Maradi goat farming were identified: group 1 defined as "Semi-improved Red Maradi goat farming" met in Malanville and Banikoara, then group 2 "Wandering Red Maradi goats farming" met in Kandi and Ségbana. Whatever the group, there has been no investment aid and little technical support for the development of goat farming. These findings could guide in designing future actions to support the program's results for improving Red Maradi goat performance in Benin.
山羊养殖有助于家庭经济、可持续生计，并减少撒哈拉以南地区农村家庭的贫困。红马拉迪山羊也被称为“穷人的奶牛”，它原产于尼日尔，是由西非农业生产力项目-贝宁引入贝宁的奶山羊品种，旨在提高当地山羊的生产力。为了评估养殖户采用的养殖系统，于2019年8月至9月进行了一次实地调查。调查对象包括从康迪、塞格巴纳、巴尼科阿拉和马朗维尔项目受益者中挑选出的56个红马拉迪山羊养殖场。使用结构化问卷收集了养殖户的个人资料和红马拉迪山羊的养殖做法数据，并使用SPSS 25版本进行了描述性和推断性分析。结果显示，红马拉迪山羊养殖户主要是女性（67.86%），且教育程度较低（80.3%）。红马拉迪山羊与当地山羊在相同的饲养系统和喂养模式下饲养，并接受类似的医疗保健。繁殖是自然进行的，母羊受孕和首次产仔的平均年龄分别为9.56±0.87个月和14.35±1.87个月；平均每胎产仔1.71±0.51只。红马拉迪山羊未接种疫苗（73.21%），但几乎所有养殖场都使用化学药物进行驱虫。动物健康管理（75.26%）、动物饲养（62.74%）和动物住房（45.81%）相关问题是红马拉迪山羊养殖场面临的主要挑战。根据养殖做法，确定了两大类红马拉迪山羊养殖方式：第1组定义为“半改良红马拉迪山羊养殖”，出现在马朗维尔和巴尼科阿拉；第2组“游荡红马拉迪山羊养殖”出现在康迪和塞格巴纳。无论哪种养殖方式，山羊养殖发展都没有获得投资援助，技术支持也很少。这些研究结果可为设计未来行动提供指导，以支持该项目在提高贝宁红马拉迪山羊性能方面取得成果。
