A1-A7 (7 pages) In the Changthang region of Ladakh ... Food security in high mountain regions: Agricultural production and the impact of food subsidies in Ladakh, Northern India. Food Security ...

In a land devoid of agriculture this is not surprising as ... Despite its desolate character the Changthang earns annual revenue of Rs 15 crore for Ladakh — probably the second largest revenue ...

demonstrating the strong community interest in enhancing agricultural practices in the high-altitude region of Changthang. Tashi Namgyal Yakzee, Executive Councillor for Rural Development ...

Dr. Muhammad Sharif, District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Leh, India The high altitude plains of Changthang, Eastern Ladakh, India, are home to a nomadic tribe called the Changpas. For generations ...

The people gathered this evening are refugees who fled China’s Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s, crossing from western Tibet over the mountains to India’s side of the Changthang Plateau.