How Goats Fight Poverty in China
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In China, goat meat’s popularity is on the rise and breeding goats is a money maker for farmers. Goats are also low-maintenance compared to fields of corn.
The difference is drastic for both time and income. It’s common for farmers to work six days a week in their fields, but goats need less than a third of that time. A farmer earns about $60 a month, but breeding goats brings $360 in the same time.
An extra $300 a month doesn’t sound like a lot of money for most people, but it’s all the difference in the world to a rural Chinese family. Goats are the difference between poverty ($2/day) and hope for the future.