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This section provides links to more detailed technical pages.

• ‘Technical background’ covers issues that have guided the planning of this project.

• ‘About goats in Uganda’ gives general advice on managing goats.

• ‘Partnership’ gives guidance for NGOs and farmer’s groups, that would like to establish a joint breeding programme.

• ‘Training videos’ covers aspects of the village goatkeepers’ training. (Please note that these are in Flash format and may not work on mobile devices.)

• ‘Descriptive videos’ takes a look at the work of JOY Goat Development Programme in bite-sized chunks.

Technical background

Why 50% crosses

Can poor families access local goats?

Attitudes to goats milk

Economics of milk vs. meat

Milk and meat goats together

Community-based breeding programme

The new breed

Commercialisation

Planning issues dealt with elsewhere

About Goats in Uganda

Local goats

Housing

Number of buck stations needed

Dairy breeds in Uganda

Meat breeds in Uganda

Fodder trees (wetter areas)

Fodders sorted by nutritional class

Fodders sorted by source

Flavour of goats milk

Housing for stud male

Feeding racks

Partnership

Training videos

Descriptive videos