<span style="color: #222222;">In Arunachal Pradesh, the National Research Centre on Yak (NRC-Y) working under the Indian Council for Agricultural Research at Dirang is undertaking various measures to arrest the decline in the number of Yaks.<br />''<br />'' NRC-Y Director Dr Prithviraj Chakravarthy participated in the Second Ladakh Yak Herders Meet in Leh, organized by the Leh Hill Council's Department of Animal Husbandry.<br />''</span><br />''Across the Himalayas, NRC Yak is collecting semen of elite Yaks to better the breeds. Dr Prithviraj said that Yak Embryo Bank is also in consideration for future requirements keeping the climate change challenges in view.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Dr Prithviraj also said that in order to make Yak rearing profitable marketing linkages are in plan to sell yak products like milk, cheese and yak wool products. He appealed to the yak herders to share traditional knowledge with research organizations to further improve yak numbers and other aspects as well.</span><br />