Sheep - AgRIS

18. Recommendations
The All India Khadi and Village Industries Commission has set up a number of flaying
centres in the rural areas through the State Khadi and Village Industries Boards. There is
however an urgent need for establishing more village flaying centres for skilled flaying of
fallen animals. Demonstration-cum-training centres should be established in important places
for imparting training in curing, tanning and rational utilisation of hides. Grading of hides and
skins according to Agmark standards should be strengthened. Cold storage facilities for
preserving raw hides and skins may also be provided, wherever possible. Before export, a
system of compulsory pre-shipment inspection should be introduced. This measure is of vital
importance in securing quality.
There is need to educate the pig rearers and the bristles merchants regarding the
economic importance of bristles, particularly as an earner of foreign exchange so that
more bristles are collected and dressed for export. The Indian brush industry deserves
encouragement to utilise bristles of higher lengths and also to make brushes of the
standard and finish required by the affluent countries.
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