Research, Policy and Practice
Table 1 Benefits and costs items related to yak herding in the Kanchenjunga landscape of Nepal
From: Economics of Yak herding in the Kanchenjunga landscape of the Eastern Himalayas
Benefits | Costs |
|---|---|
• Chhurpi (hard-dried traditional cheese) • Butter • Yak fibre • Meat • Cultural value • Tourism (yak shed stay) • Net income from the alternatives | • Purchasing yak, chauri (female yak) and calf • Forage and supplementary food • Time contribution of herders/labor cost • Shifting yak shed • Fees (pasture, municipality registration, group membership) • Medicine |