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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Jammu & Kashmir government has partnered with which country to transform the sheep farming sector?
A
Australia
B
New Zealand
C
France
D
Germany
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday signed an MoU with the New Zealand G2G, a public sector company for transforming the sheep farming sector in the Union Territory and also launched a rural home stay project in the UT in collaboration with the Oyo Rooms.

Detailed explanation-2: -The MoC was signed by Sh. Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to J&K Government, Animal & Sheep Husbandry Department and Ms Mischa Mannix-Opie, Executive Director, New Zealand G2G as a mutual commitment between J&K and New Zealand for complementing each other’s capability in sheep sector.

Detailed explanation-3: -The J&K government signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) “for transforming the sheep farming sector in the UT”. The virtual signing ceremony with Mischa Mannix-Opie, Executive Director, New Zealand G2G, was presided over by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gurezi Sheep is the biggest among the Kashmir breeds. Animals are coarse woolen dairy animals, usually white and polled. The majority of sheep are hornless.

Detailed explanation-5: -"Sheep farming is a sustainable and profitable enterprise provided considerable efforts are put in.

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