Problems and Challenges in Wool Development

Uneconomic returns from sheep rearing have forced many sheep rearers to sell their sheep and take up other occupations. Despite a growing demand for wool, especially quality wool, there is general apathy among sheep rearers towards wool production because of the unremunerative prices for domestic wool and large scale imports. To overcome many of the problems confronting the sheep rearers and wool industry, a Wool Development Board is expected to be soon set up. In this article T K Moulik discusses the challenges before the Board and the ways to overcome them.