CENTRAL ASIA FAILS TO CAPITALISE ON MILLENNIA-OLD WOOL HERITAGE
July 3rd, 2024
A lack of infrastructure, government support, foreign trade barriers and weak domestic demand have been hampering the development of the wool industry in central Asia. Limited business opportunities are forcing farmers to focus on breeding sheep for lamb and mutton meat production, especially in Kazakhstan, the region’s wool potential powerhouse, rather than on rearing merino for wool. Domestic raw wool prices of about USD0.50 a kilo encourage wool producers to switch to meat, a Kazakh wool manufacturer told wool2yarn.
According to the Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik ...
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