Yak is a semi-domestic ruminant found in the Alpine areas of Himalayas, Tibet and other parts of Eastern Asia.
Yaks are low milk producer and hard working multipurpose animal.
Yak research in India was institutionalized in the year of 1989. It is now recognized that yak farmers can not meet their ends if they are dependent on income from milk only. The most important is to improve the income of the farmers who solely depend on yak. This is possible if the potentiality of yak is harnessed totally. This needs a full scientific exploration of this valuable member of high altitude tribal communities of the Himalayas.