Agricultural Development Project

Agricultural Development Project

Agricultural Development Project

Due to the altitude and arid climate, trees are very rare and very precious in Central Tibet. The land, already poor and dry, is also effected by heavy erosion that leaves it increasingly unsuitable for agricultural use; there is no kind of protection from the extreme climatic conditions of Tibet: the wind, the strong summer sun, the rains which when they come can be extremely violent and cause landslides destroying houses and cultivated land.
Wood is rare and the only fuel for cooking and heating is dry yak dung mixed with dried twigs and bushes.

There is no fruit, and as a result the diet is completely lacking in vitamins, considering that vegetables are also difficult to cultivate due to the lack of water.

In the villages of Gangchen, Nye and Namling thousands of trees have been planted, and in Gangchen following the realization of the aqueduct, a small pilot project has been initiated to cultivate vegetables. Many villages are still totally bare of trees and the region is in urgent need of reforestation.