Socio-economic and goat management data from smallholder surveys in Botswana

The attached spreadsheet includes data from a two-stage survey of smallholder farmers in the Central District Botswana. The survey questions are also attached.

The first stage is a cross-sectional survey (n = 787) which covers elements of household food security, household income sources, livestock owned, assets owned, structure of goat herds, and aspects of goat management such as off-take, mortality, veterinary treatments.

The second stage is a semi-structured survey (n = 44). This was completed by a sub-section of goat owning respondents from the cross-sectional survey. This delved deeper into aspects of goat management and health. It explores more specific areas of husbandry, feeding, veterinary care, and animal health.

The dataset consists of 229 columns, each pertaining to an individual question or component of a question.

Some answers are redacted for anonymity.