Pastoralism and Rangeland Management on the Tibetan Plateau in ...

4. Taking advantage of local resources to promote structural adjustment is an
important way to improve quality <strong>and</strong> efficiency in the agricultural <strong>and</strong>
pastoral sector.
Market economy has put new requirements to development of agriculture
<strong>and</strong> pastoralism. Moreover, there are increasing dem<strong>and</strong>s for increase of
productivity in agriculture <strong>and</strong> pastoralism <strong>and</strong> raise of income for farmers
<strong>and</strong> herdsmen. Therefore, since 2004, the TAR government has followed the
concept of “giving priority development to projects with advantageous locations,
superior resources <strong>and</strong> competitive industries, priority development”. In
accordance with the requirements of “regional concentration, scale expansion,
quality improvement <strong>and</strong> efficiency enhancement”, capital has been consolidated
to focus on the implementation of the development projects of niche
products in agriculture <strong>and</strong> pastoralism. We have seen the initial formation
of the Cashmere goat industry in the Northwest of Tibet, the yak industry
along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the food industry with poultry, eggs, milk
<strong>and</strong> vegetables in the central valleys of the Brahmaputra <strong>and</strong> its tributaries of
Lhasa River <strong>and</strong> Nianchu River <strong>and</strong> the forest-based industry of eastern Tibet.
In agriculture <strong>and</strong> pastoralism, a pattern of regional distribution, professional
production <strong>and</strong> intensive management, featured development is coming of age,
effectively promoting the increase of farmer income. According to incomplete
statistics, from 2004 to 2009, about 3,000 industrial projects in agriculture <strong>and</strong>
pastoralism had been implemented, benefiting more than 900,000 farmers <strong>and</strong>
pastoralists. The project area has achieved an increase of per capita income of
more than 600 Yuan.
5. Steadily promoting reform <strong>and</strong> innovating development institutions creates
a source of vigour <strong>and</strong> vitality for the development of agriculture <strong>and</strong>
pastoralism.
On the basis the long-term consistency of agricultural <strong>and</strong> pastoral policies,
we have actively explored the institutions of unified <strong>and</strong> separate management
<strong>and</strong> given birth to new organization structures <strong>and</strong> business models that have
the features of professional cooperation <strong>and</strong> are in sync with agricultural <strong>and</strong>
pastoral practices. About 290 professional <strong>and</strong> cooperative organisations have
been established in the Region. We have steadily implemented the rangel<strong>and</strong>
contract responsibility system, clarifying the relations between responsibilities,
rights <strong>and</strong> benefits of rangel<strong>and</strong> management <strong>and</strong> its protection, utilization <strong>and</strong>
restoration. We have promoted the balance between livestock <strong>and</strong> rangel<strong>and</strong>s,
mobilizing the masses to protect, restore <strong>and</strong> rationally use rangel<strong>and</strong> resources.
The continuous progress of reform in agricultural <strong>and</strong> pastoral areas has ef-
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