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Integrated crop and dairy systems in Tibet Autonomous Region, PR China

Project ID:
LPS/2006/119: Integrated crop and dairy systems in Tibet Autonomous Region, PR China
Collaborating Countries:
China
Commissioned Organisation:
University of Adelaide, Australia
Project Leader
Professor David Coventry
Phone: 08 8303 7954
Fax: 08 8303 7730
Email: david.coventry@adelaide.edu.au
Collaborating Institutions:
  • NSW Department of Primary Industries, Australia
  • Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, China
  • Tibet Livestock Research Institute, China
  • Tibet Agricultural Research Institute, China
  • University of Queensland, Australia
  • Department of Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia, Australia
Project Budget:
$1,414,230
Project Duration:
01/04/2008 - 31/03/2012
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Dr John Skerritt
Project Overview

Increasing the output of dairy products in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the Peoples' Republic of China (TAR) is identified by local and central government as a high development priority. Current milk supply is well below demand and deficits are predicted over the next decade. Grain production in TAR, whilst sufficient to satisfy demand for human consumption, will also need to be increased to support supplementation of livestock diets (particularly dairy cattle). This project is directed at increasing household income and industry productivity and at developing community-based initiatives in dairy, crop and fodder production for farmers in the central valleys of TAR (Shigatse, Lhasa, Shannon and Linzhi Prefectures). The objective of the project is to understand and utilise the key factors affecting the adoption of improved technology, this includes identifying the attitudes of farmers, practical constraints and opportunities in implementation of recommendations, and initiating strategies and structures for extension.