Community-led grassland project reshapes rural economy in Xizang

In a windswept stretch of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a community-led greening effort is transforming barren desert into productive pasture, providing herders with a more stable source of income.

In Ge'gyai county, Ngari prefecture of the Xizang autonomous region, a man-made grassland project is reshaping the rural economy. Villagers, aided by state funding, have developed more than 200 hectares of irrigated pasture in one of the most inhospitable parts of Xizang, generating both green cover and green income.

Lhakpa Ngodrub, head of Vombudangsang township, said the new pastureland has eased winter feed shortages and reduced pressure on the area's fragile natural grasslands.