This book is the documentation of the existing sheep production system in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. The book also explains the purpose of keeping sheep by the producers and the time targeted by the producers to sale and buy the sheep. Here you can get enough information about the sheep production and marketing system and constraints existing in the system. The book provides list of sheep markets in the State, which will be useful for both buyers and sellers. The book also encompassed possible solutions to be used to solve the constraints of sheep production system in the state. The book is ideally suited as text for the agriculture students, extension agents, the live stock marketing agents, the sheep producers, and policy makers and for those who want to invest in the sheep production as well as marketing business.

Dr.N.Kumaravelu, Professor in the Department of Livestock Production and Management, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, India. He is engaged in teaching, research and extension activities. He has published forty research articles and 110 technical articles in various national and international journals. He has authored 9 books in Tamil.