0021 - Rapid Growth In Agriculture And Animal Husbandry In Tibet. Peasant D...Back

Rapid Growth In Agriculture And Animal Husbandry In Tibet. Peasant Dongnga in Nedong County, Tibet, His family of 5 contracted 2 hectares of land and harvested a total of 12 tons of wheat in 1984. Tibet now has 19,000 specialized households and economic units. Investigations in some areas show the output of specialized households is 10 to 20 percent higher than that of the ordinary peasant households. Photo by Liu Qiangang