ECONOM ICS OF MALABARI KID REARING AS A SHORT TERM ENTERPRISE UNDER INTENSIVE CONDITIONS

The study investigates the economics of rearing goats for short period under different rearing system viz. rearing on PVC slatted floor, concrete slatted floor and wooden slatted floor. The net income and benefit cost ratio was high when the returns was calculated from the sale of kids. Rearing of animals up to six months for meat is also economic but the profit margin is less compared to sale of kids. In the current study, it was observed that animals reared on PVC floor fetched the highest benefit cost ratio in terms of sale of kids or meat. The net income from a single kid in the current study varied from Rs. 893.81 (PVC floor), followed by (760.03) wooden floor and 703.41(concrete floor) when the animals were reared for meat. While when the kids were sold, the net income from PVC floor was Rs. 2118.31, that of concrete floor was\ Rs.1999.41 and wooden floor was Rs.1653.03. The benefit cost ratio was highest when the animals were reared for meat ie., in PVC group it was 1.40 followed by wooden group (1.35) and finally the concrete group (1.32). When the animal were sold at six months the benefit cost ratio varied from 1.96 in PVC floor, 1.91 in concrete floor and 1.75 in wooden floor.