#4219
Martin W
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    Also among reports inc bar-headed goose farming/artificial rearing.
    Again, notice chicken farming too – here major increase, so presumably demand for chickens from other places.

    http://www.qh.xinhuanet.com/qztlw/2006-04/25/content_6840932.htm
    “Lhasa City made to seize the opportunity to develop its railway industry”

    This year, the city of Lhasa City on the economy of the farming and
    animal husbandry zone focus, seize the historical opportunity to open
    the Qinghai-Tibet railway, will further optimize the industrial
    structure, vigorously develop animal husbandry zone industries.

    Vigorously develop animal husbandry in rural areas and peri-urban
    farming. Further accelerate dairy cow breeding base building, and
    consolidate their existing dairy cow breeding bases, completed more
    than 2,000 head of quality dairy cow imported. Completing the “double
    hundred” breeding base-building, namely : the 6,672 jobs cards, Lin
    Zhou 1 million only two counties Tibet Lhasa white chicken and
    chicken-scale breeding bases and 100 million chickens base. Long
    himself in sand, Dazi, Qushui, Chengguan District, pig breeding base
    building, completed 100,000 sheep units short fattening cattle.
    Develop aquaculture and other aquaculture industry in Qushuixian
    building layer breeding base in a 6,672-card counties Bantouyan [=bar-headed goose]
    breeding base, the use of local reservoirs, wetlands development of
    fisheries and breeding. In Lhasa, the development of bee-keeping
    demonstration households Qushuixian 50 households.