The Chief District Officer, who returned from the border meeting in China, says - ”There should be a decision by the Center on the matter of animal husbandry”.
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Nupu Sherpa of Mikwakhola rural municipality-5 Tokpegola sold 20 yaks in the year 2077 in the village of Dingze County in Tibet, China. At that time, a yak that could be taken without interruption was sold for between 90,000 and 110,000 rupees.
Nupu and five others were among those who took yaks and sold them from Thudam Omdola crossing in Sankhuwasabha. They have all imported 50 million Nepalese rupees, but they have not been able to export to China.
"At that time, one rupee of China was worth 16 Nepali rupees when selling," Nupu added, "Now they say the money has increased, but they could not sell it." Nupu now has 75 adult yaks that can be sold. A yak is of marketable age up to 12 years. Yak-chaunri, which usually live for 15 to 20 years, then begin to grow thin and old. Then he does not get the price.
'Now it is only a matter of making chaunri-yak dudh-churpi,' Nupu added, 'Earlier it was a custom to carry heavy things, but now there is a problem when it is only rearing.' yes According to the statistics of the Yak-Chaunri Farmers' Federation, Taplejung, these families have kept at least 5-10 to 3-400 yaks.
If there is no sale in the Chinese market, there is no choice but to let it die, says Nupu Sherpa, the district president of the federation. Farmers requested Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma to raise this issue as a complex problem. A border meeting was held between the chief leaders of Taplejung and Dingje counties on November 29. Sharma says that he raised the issue of import-export of agricultural produce as part of the agenda in the meeting, but China did not indicate that it would solve the problem immediately.
'There should be a decision of the center on the issue of livestock and cattle. From there, we will make a request to the higher authorities,' Sharma said, 'Let's hope there will be an address.' Sharma informed that while reporting on the
border meeting, this matter was also included in the Ministry of Home Affairs. The locals, who lost a good market for selling animals after the corona virus, had hoped that everything would be opened with traffic as soon as the border was opened on May 11. Nepalese farmers say that Tibet has also lost because of this.
There was also a practice of bringing Masina calves from Tibet and rearing them and selling them there when they become adults. "Many of us used to produce calves from our own maws," said Mingmadiki of Olangchungola. But China has not revealed the reason for stopping, says Chief District Officer Sharma.
Cheten Sherpa Lama, Ward President of Paktanglung Rural Municipality-7, who returned from China as an interpreter, said that China did not accept it even when it was proposed with special emphasis. Chheten complains that the number of yaks has increased to such an extent that every farmer's shed cannot handle it and there is also a shortage of hay. We, the people's representatives, are also under pressure. But this issue has not yet been addressed, said Sherpa.
Female yaks are distinguished as 'D' and males as 'Yak'. According to the statistics of the District Animal Services Office, there are around 8,000 yaks in Taplejung. Although the price of one yak-chaunri is only 50,000, the federation said that there are chaunri-yaks worth 400 million in Taplejung. The Federation has said that about 60 percent of it is salable.
The inhabitants of the Himalayan region have been rearing yaks as an ancient occupation. An altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters is considered as the grazing area of Yak-Chaunri. Yak-chaunri are reared in the upper areas of Sirijanga, Phattanglung, Mikwakhola, Meringden and Fungling municipalities of the district. Animal Services Office Taplejung has informed that these animal lumpy skins, which can cause damage even by tigers, bears and wolves, have caused damage.
