Transhumant pastoralism in yak production in the lower mustang district of Nepal

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-85

  Degen, A Allan ^a   Kam, Michael ^a   Pandey, Shambhu B ^b   Upreti, Chet R ^b   Pandey, Sanjeev ^c   Regmi, Prajwal ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NEPAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Nepal)

^c Tribhubhan University   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absentee herd ownership; Lower mustang; Nepal; Transhumant pastoralism; Yaks

Indexed keywords

CROP; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; MIGRATION; PASTORALISM; PASTURE; WOOL;

ASIA; DHAULAGIRI; EURASIA; MUSTANG; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS GRUNNIENS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HORDEUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55849098869     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2007.110204     Document Type: Article

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