[ANN] In Nepal, yak cheese is in crisis as Himalayan herding declines

DOLAKHA, Nepal (Kathmandu Post/ANN) -- A photograph posted by Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Saturday, showing him tasting yak cheese produced by the state-owned Dairy Development Corporation, set social media abuzz and rekindled public interest in one of Nepal's oldest commercial dairy products.

But beneath the renewed attention lies a deepening crisis in an industry that once represented the pride of Nepal's Himalayan economy.

Commercial cheese production stands as Nepal's very first industri ...