Why did goat herding increase in Mongolia after cashmere became valuable?

The increase in goat herding in Mongolia was driven by the high market value of cashmere, a luxury fibre harvested from the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goat.12

Following democratic reforms in the 1990s, which included the disbanding of state-run herding cooperatives and the encouragement of private livestock ownership, herders shifted their focus toward goats to capitalize on this demand. As a result, goats became the most numerous of the traditional "five animals" (tavan khoshuu mal) in Mongolia, leading to a significant expansion in the total size of the country's herds.13