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The economy, culture and tradition, food habits, trade and commerce, and agriculture of Ladakh are all shaped by its geography and thus depend its climate to a large extent. Low precipitation does not favour growth of vegetation. Also the growing season in this area is limited to a few months i.e. from May to September; yet a wide variety of crops are grown here. Barley is the chief crop grown here and it is the staple food of the people. Other crops grown are wheat, mustard at higher altitudes peas are grown. A typically Ladakh village has houses for people and also for their animals, agricultural fields, streams and channels, a reservoir or pond, few water mills, at least one school, a charter or stupa, a crematory and a monastery. There is one headman for a couple of villages called goba. Laddhaki agriculture is an outstanding example of organic farming as animal waste is used as manure. Cattle dung, shrubs and twigs are used as fuel. In summer, the cattle are taken collectively by a group of villagers called rarzi and they bring the cattle back in winter. Horticulture is an important occupation. Apricots are grown on a large scale for farms and squashes. Dried apricots are eaten and the oil from the seeds are used for cooking. Apples, pears, grapes and walnuts are grown in plenty. Greenhouses have helped for the growing of vegetables. Yaks, sheep and goats are reared and the Yaks provide milk and its hair is used to make tents as well as it is least of burden. Ladhak thrives on the tourism. As the people here are mostly Buddhists, monasteries are not only-the nerve centre of Buddhist societies but places of tourist interest as well. These monasteries called Gompas keep the rich Ladhakhi heritage intact through their schools, libraries, museums etc.
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