Improving Livelihoods of Smallholders and Rural Women through Value-Added Processing and Export of Cashmere, Wool and Mohair: Work with wool processors ((small farmers, households)

Abstract

Achievements
1. As a result of systematic training of small farmers and householders on basics of breeding and use of purebred rams for mating with ewes, the breed structure of sheep was improved. Inspection of lambs born in 2012 showed that 70 - 71% of lambs wool is characterized as a crossbred 
2. There is an intensive integration of farmers and artisan women’s groups. Farmers from Lakhol are potential suppliers of crossbred wool, and