Community Action in Integrated and Market Oriented Feed-Livestock Production in Central and South Asia Project: Value added local processing of goat fibers by women and assessing the characteristics of naturally colored mohair and the potentials for its marketing”. Report No. 4
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Liba Brent. (1/1/2011). Community Action in Integrated and Market Oriented Feed-Livestock Production in Central and South Asia Project: Value added local processing of goat fibers by women and assessing the characteristics of naturally colored mohair and the potentials for its marketing”. Report No. 4.
Abstract
The activity 16 “Value added local processing of goat fibers by women and assessing the
characteristics of naturally colored mohair and the potentials for its marketing”
collaborates with Angora goat producers and women’s groups in the Sugd region on
producing value-added yarn and knitted products for export. Export of yarn and knitted
products has the potential to help rural women in the region to increase their earnings and
raise their families out of poverty. In order to produce luxury yarns, the Tajik spinners
need access to high quality mohair fiber. Production of quality mohair in turn requires
good breeding practices and animal husbandry. The project collaborates with Angora
goat farmers and local and international breeding experts on developing new breeding
programs to improve fiber quality and produce mohair suitable for spinning high priced,
luxury yarns. The work on goat breeding, mohair processing and export of value-added
products such as yarn is expected to facilitate collaborative linkages among all
stakeholders – goat farmers, scientists, spinners and consumers of mohair products - and
lead to considerable increases in the incomes from mohair producers and processors.
Most mohair processing in Tajikistan is done by poor rural women who will be the
greatest beneficiaries of the project activities.
