INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES BOOST BANGLADESH GOATS RESEARCH
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are researching the genes of black Bengal dwarf goats, a key leather livestock in Bangladesh, to improve breeding techniques and the species' health. They are a key and distinctive element of the countries estimated 30 million goat population that produces 20 million square feet of hides and skins annually. With growing arable farming reducing fallow land available for goats, the two agencies plan "to build up the capacity of national ...
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