Farmer experiences with goat raising in Lao PDR: implications for improving husbandry and sustaining viable systems

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Figure 1. Location of study villages. Note. Figure copied from Le et al. (2024) with permission from author.

Table 1. Main characteristics of village subset selected for household sampling.

Village, (district)	Proximity to nearest town (km)	Human population	Goat population	Proportion of HH keeping goats (%)	Average number of goats per HH	Schools in village	Presence of Health clinics	Presence of fresh food market	Financial institutions	Ethnicities present
Napo (Phin)	3.0	500	150	34.0	3.8	Primary school	No	No	Informal savings / credit group	Lao Loum, Phu Tai, Mong khong, Ta Oi
Xaloi (Phin)	7.0	505	400	89.0	5.0	Primary school	No	No	None	Mong khong, Brou
Nhomsomphou (Songkhone)	5.0	1010	80	10.0	5.0	Primary school	No	Yes	None	Lao Loum, Phu Tai
Sebanghiang (Songkhone)	28.0	2685	320	10.0	8.0	Primary school, secondary school, high school	Yes	Yes	Informal savings / credit group	Lao Loum, Phu Tai
Kanglouang (Sepon)	16.0	294	105	45%	5.0	No school	No	No	None	Mong Khong

HH: Household, N/A: Data not available.

Table 2. Gender, ethnicity and ages of farmers interviewed for project and non-project cohorts.

	Male	Female	Average age (range)	Ethnic background
				Mong Khong	Lao Loum	Phu Tai	Brou
Project farmers	9	6	47 (21–70)	4	7	2	2
Non-project farmers	7	8	43 (18–65)	6	6	3	0
Total	16	14	45 (18–70)	10	13	5	2

Table 3. Household demographics of interviewed farmers.

	Average no. of household members (range)	Average no. of children per household (range)	Average no. of goats per household (range)	Average no. of years raising goats (range)
All interviewed farmers	4 (2–8)	2 (0–7)	14 (5–37)	7 (2–22)
Project farmers	5 (2–7)	3 (0–6)	17 (5–37)	8 (3–22)
Non-project farmers	4 (2–8)	2 (0–7)	11 (5–27)	6 (2–15)

Figure 2. Number of reported goat disease symptoms by interviewed farmers.

Le, S. V., de las Heras-Saldana, S., Alexandri, P., Olmo, L., Walkden-Brown, S. W., & van der Werf, J. H. J. (2024). Genetic diversity, population structure and origin of the native goats in Central Laos. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbg.12862

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Data availability

The data that supports the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, E. L. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.