Breeders’ Groups

National level

The national level will be essential for directing breeding policy. Once sufficient parish and higher level groups become established, representatives will be invited to discuss the formation of the national level organisation. This will probably happen around 2014 or 2015.

Higher level groups

Because transport is relatively expensive, and because there are very many different languages in Uganda, intermediate groups are needed between the parish and national levels. E.g. sub-county or district level. This is the level at which seminars and workshops are likely to take place, enabling sharing of experiences.

The parish: viable breeding population

The ‘parish’ is the next level of local government above village. It is not feasible to work with isolated villages, so we will only work in an area if there is a minimum cluster of 3 villages, preferably in the same parish. Once the breeding population has been established, this parish level breeders group will be the primary way that the rotation of the males will be organised.

Video of parish-level breeding plan

The village: the basic unit

In Uganda, a ‘village’ is a basic administrative unit consisting of about 50 households. Typically we place a male goat per project village; but where villages are small or large, this is adjusted to achieve an optimum distribution.

Training is normally carried out at village level, although it is common for people from neighbouring villages to attend.