New video on our channel: Chechen experience: How Tajikistan's Hissar sheep are adapting to the Caucasus Mountains

PIONERPRODUKT.by is in the Chechen Republic for the first time!
We came to visit Arbi and Alu Amerkhanov, people who are developing sheep farming in the Caucasus with love and respect.
Arbi Abazovich Amerkhanov is an Honored Builder of the Moscow Region, Deputy General DIRECTOR of the Nalchik Dairy Plant, and HEAD of the Amerkhanov Peasant Farm.
Alu Abazovich Amerkhanov is the Imam of the Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov Central Mosque "Heart of Chechnya."

They are joined in the video by renowned experts from Tajikistan:
Ibrokhim Bobokalonov, PhD in agricultural sciences and director of the Republican Center for Livestock Biotechnology ;
Muhammad Sharipov, an experienced farmer and Hissar breeder
; and Alexander Potapov, an amateur Hissar breeder from CANADA.

What you will learn from this issue:
What is the history of the Gissarsheep and why it is sometimes mistakenly called Afghan
What is unique about this MEAT breed and why it is considered one of the best
How the Gissar sheep were driven across the mountains for 700–800 km
How the sheep adapted to the new conditions of Chechnya: highlands, serpentines, climate , abundance of grass
Why it is important to create an International Gissar Breeders Society - to protect the breed from substitution

Also in this issue:
– How a builder becomes a farmer – the personal story of Arbi Abazovich
– How “the genetic memory of ancestors awakens” and people return to the land
– How to properly feed and care for Hissar sheep
– When to plan lambing and why winter feeding is important
– How to achieve 36 kg of meat from a 4-month-old lamb

Even the topic of aesthetics is touched upon: what color is prized among Gissar sheep—from black to red—and a legend is told about the most delicious sheep with blue eyes.

This video will be useful for anyone involved in sheep farming or just thinking about starting out: from farmers and livestock specialists to breeding farms and supporters of sustainable agriculture.