Srinagar, Nov. 7 -- Initiative aims to improve genetic quality, meat production and income of sheep-rearing households
SRINAGAR: The Department of Sheep Husbandry, Kashmir, on Saturday distributed 46 genetically superior Texel male sheep among progressive farmers at the Sheep Breeding Farm, Khimber, as part of efforts to improve livestock productivity through scientific breeding.
The initiative, undertaken under the guidance of Minister for Agriculture Production, Finance, Mining and Cooperatives Javid Ahmad Dar, aims to introduce superior genetic material into local breeding systems and improve the quality and productivity of the indigenous sheep population.
Texel, an internationally recognised meat-producing breed, is known for its mus...