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Doksa:The Traditional System of Livestock Farming in Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir, India


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1 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute, Leh, Ladakh 194 101, India
 

Lying in the altitudinal range 3350- 6478 m amsl, Zanskar is among the coldest inhabited highlands of the world. Temperature here varies from around 30°C in summers to -30°C during winter. Annual precipitation is around 250 mm, received mostly in the form of winter snowfall.
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  • Doksa:The Traditional System of Livestock Farming in Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Anup Raj
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute, Leh, Ladakh 194 101, India

Abstract


Lying in the altitudinal range 3350- 6478 m amsl, Zanskar is among the coldest inhabited highlands of the world. Temperature here varies from around 30°C in summers to -30°C during winter. Annual precipitation is around 250 mm, received mostly in the form of winter snowfall.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi03%2F439-439