Characterization of Majorera goat production systems in the Canary Islands

In order to preserve and to improve small ruminant systems it is necessary to recognize precisely how they work and what actions can be taken in order to improve them. The objective of this work is to characterize the Majorera goat production systems in the Canary Islands, to contribute to their promotion and improvement. Data were collected through a survey among 38 farmers. To establish a typology of the goat keepers, data were analysed utilizing descriptive statistics and correlation between variables. All calculations were made using IBM SPSS, version 19.