National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The natural environment of Zanskar presents a very harsh and fragile system. The villages are mostly situated along the two main tributaries of Zanskar River. Zanskar range is the most important mountain range of Zanskar tehsil. There are varieties of domesticated animals which are used for different purposes in Zanskar. These domestic animals include ponies, asses, horses, sheep, goats, yaks, dogs, and fowls. Yak is another important animal of Zanskar, and is also known as the “ship of snow”. The herders depends on highland pastoralism and kept temporary settlements locally called doksa. In doksa they reare yak, cow, zhomo, zho. The doksa produce around milk, butter, churphay (dried cottage cheese).
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