KASHMIRI TASTE FOR LAMB AND GOATMEAT PROMPTS ROBUST MEAT TRADE WITHIN INDIA
January 1st, 2017
THE PREDOMINANTLY meat-eating communities in the Moslem-majority Kashmir valley in the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir has become a significant market for Indian meat and livestock producers from outside the region.
The Kashmir Valley’s 7 million people – the northern and mainly Moslem part of the state - have long sourced sheep and goat meat from nomads rearing livestock in this fertile region, but these local meat supplies nowhere near meet demand. With winter conditions being often severe, high investment costs have deterred local farmers from ...
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