Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part G (2024)

Author(s): Anjali A Jambhrunkar and Jeevan M Chahande

Abstract: Labour kinetics holds paramount importance in the successful operation of a goat farm, influencing various aspects ranging from daily care routines to long-term strategic management. For the present study, 24 growing Berari goats were selected and divided into Intensive, Semi-intensive, and Extensive groups of rearing systems with eight goats in each group. The labour kinetics was determined by recording the time required by the labour to perform different farm activities from the entry into the farm till the exit at weekly interval for 91 days. Maximum time was spent by the labour on the grazing of the goat in an extensive system (480.00 min) and semi-intensive system (240.00 min), however, this is not practiced in the intensive system and thus maximum workload is conserved. The time spent by the labour was maximum in the extensive system (506 min & 21 seconds/day), followed by the semi-intensive (392 min & 20 seconds/day) and the least in the intensive system (156 min & 19 seconds/day). Thus, the intensive system is more labour-friendly, followed by the semi-intensive and extensive system.