Ideas that inspired us
- Since ancient times, pastoral specialist has taken care of the iconic animal called yak one of the 4 iconic animals in Mongolia (horse, camel, yak and sheep).
- Looking a bit like cattle, they only live-in unpolluted areas with green pastures and clean water.
- Looking for the right pastures is part of the so-called transhumant pasture system in what once the most powerful global empire.
- The skills to keep the yeak are known only a very few, so far, no modern technology made available.
- The caring of the yak is one of 11 examples of potential agriculture heritage system is now under threat of modernization.
Remarkable Communities
- Yak producers in Arkhangai Aimag, Mongolia Yak Association
Key Features
Mentors and Co-travelers
Personal Insights
- One can only respect the great pastoral skills of the herders in Mongolian steeps.
- Mongolian pastures depend on the conservation of agrobiodiversity of pastures and grasses.
- This all involves “Transhumance” (e.g., moving animals to highland pastures in summer and valleys in winter).
- The transhumance skills to keep the yak are known only to a very few villagers.
- (“Trans” – across, humus – “rich ground/soil”) – need to dynamically conserve this practice, applied to the yak
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