Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (exceed program / ICDD)
Universität Kassel
Article History
Received: 5 February 2022
Accepted: 3 August 2022
First Online: 23 September 2022
Declarations
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: This research received an ethics approval from the ICDD, consent from Gilgit-Baltistan Livestock and Dairy Development Department and a research permit from the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan (No-Misc-44/2850-95-2018). The research included survey and interview data. Before conducting interviews, all interviewees were informed about the purpose of the research and how the results would be used; they were only interviewed upon oral consent to participate. The database was entirely anonymized before analysis.
: The widow of late Asif Hameed gave written consent that this manuscript can be published, which was drafted as part of his PhD thesis.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.