After Dorper, Rambouillet, J&K govt to procure prolific sheep breed 'Romanov' to increase mutton productivity
Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to import Romanov, a prolific sheep breed, under the holistic agriculture development programme to increase wool and mutton productivity in the union territory.To boost production and reduce import of mutton, the Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a Rs 329-crore project for the next five years to achieve self-reliance in the mutton sector.Earlier, JKs sheep husbandry department imported two premier breeds, Rambouillet of France and Dorper of South Africa, to give a fillip to the sheep breeding productivity and decrease imports.We are importing the...
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