Case study “Hasi Goat”

Case study “Hasi Goat”
Location and Administrative
organization
• Location:
▫ Hasi District, Region of Kukës
• Administrative organization:
▫ 4 Communes, 1 Municipality: Krumë
Hasi Goat Profile
Source : François Lerin, CIHEAM-IAMM
Source : Petrit Dobi, Agric. University of Tirana
• Hasi goat breed is indigenous and is well adapted to the local climate;
• Localized in mountains of Pashtriku (village Cahan), neighbor mountains Gajrep,
Commune Gjinaj, etc.,
• Traditionally not use crossbreeding; graze in a well-defined geographical
territory
• No Transhumance (only 3-5 big flocks commune Golaj - to summer grazing Kosovo
mountains)
Type of products from Hasi Goat Breed
• Hasi goat kid meat:
▫ high reputation for its special quality, grazing directly in
pastures and forests.
▫ goat kids are weaned at 2-3 months, 16-20 kg live weight
▫ often they are kept with goats longer, getting higher daily weight
gains as well as soft and tasty meat.
• Pasterma (dried meat):
▫ traditional preferred during winter
▫ obtained only from the meat of adult animals
▫ placed in salt for two weeks, and after is hanged in a specific place
to be air dried
▫ before being consumed, is first washed off the salt and then
boiled.
▫ very tasty, especially when boiled with white beans.
Type of products from Hasi Goat Breed
(continue)
Hasi goat cheese:
• good reputation, specific taste required by the
consumers
• only 30-40 % of the milk under processing is
skimmed
• the fat preserving in the remaining milk
determines its structure, taste, appearance,
consistency, etc.
• same procedure for producing cheese from
totally un-skimmed milk
Traditional Area of production
Hasi district - Kosovo: Gjakova, Prizren
Environment and Biodiversity
• contrasting mountain area, rich in forests and pastures
(22,000 ha forests and 3,000 ha pastures)
• rich in aromatic plants, characteristics of mountain pastures
• current numbers of the goat population in the area do not
pose a biodiversity threat
• the lowest density (1-3 SR per ha)
• traditional method for landscape management and
preservation
• GI products will contribute to minimize the biodiversity
threats
• good potential for poverty alleviation: will help farmers
to increase their income, valorize natural recourses
Interest to protect
• market for the product: high demand
▫ the product is sold at a better price : meat 400420 lek/kg lw; cheese 700-750 lek/kg ;
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there is not enough production (7.300 goats)
there are counterfeits,
high specificity linked with the territory
the product has a link with biodiversity (local
breed)
Value Chain
• 1.270 goat farms and 28.000 goats in the Region of Kukes
• 178 goat farms and 7.300 goats in the district of Has – lower limit
• mean flock size Has = 41 animals; Region of Kukes = 22.
Collective action
• not organized in association
• the existing network of farmers and milk processor
Milk Value Chain
• only milk processing plant functioning in Has is in the village Cahan
• most important dairy wholesale and retail market is Tirana
Meat Value Chain
• meat traders from Tirana and Durres buy live animals in place with a
good price (400-420 lek per kg live weight of goat kids)
• new slaughterhouse, administration municipality of Kruma,
• capacity about 15 small ruminants per hour; the used capacity during
2012 was 1.500 small ruminants
Proposed products for intervention
Milk or Meat?
▫ Hasi goat kid’s meat
▫ Hasi goat dried meat, and
▫ Hasi goat cheese
• Meat products:
▫ product standardization is easier
▫ food safety issues
• Work on meat and milk at the same time, the
producers of meat are also producers of milk
• Support farmers with milk equipments
Intervention area
• Area of the mountain of Pashtriku, in the village
of Cahan and neighbour villages of Mujaj and
Kishaj
• 60 goat farms; 2.800 goats
• Criteria:
▫ road infrastructure,
▫ existing association in a restricted area,
▫ standardize the product in a small number of
producers
Type of Protection: GI
• eligible to be GI and collective trademarks,
• good potential for “organic”- extensive system

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