poor cashmere quality from overgrazing

The goats, which grow cashmere as an undercoat, are especially destructive. Cashmere is a cash crop and a useful export for Mongolia, what one tourist website refers to as "the nomad's ATM". But goats destroy pasture far more than camels, horses or cattle and the deterioration in the quality and variety of grasses forces herders to raise more animals to eke out more cash from the same land.

poor cashmere quality from overgrazing Overgrazing has led to reduced rangeland productivity and increased competition among goats for forage resources. The reduction in nourishment has led to poor cashmere quality. Declining quality may also be attributed to the lack of market controls (#quantity-over-quality).