J&K admin signs MoU with New Zealand company to transform sheep farming sector

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According to a research paper published in 2020, the livestock sector in J&K, contributes nearly 25.8 percent of the total value of output in agriculture, fishing and forestry sector. It also says that the livestock sector contributes 4.11 percent to J&K’s GDP and 25.6 percent of total Agriculture GDP. According to another official document, people in Kashmir consume six crore kgs of meat every year, out of which 3.5 crore kgs of meat is imported.

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