LHASA: The grain output of southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region hit a record high of about 1.09 million tonnes in 2023, according to the regional agriculture and rural affairs department.
In 2023, the grain sown areas in the region reached about 2.92 million mu (about 195,000 hectares), among which the planting area of highland barley, a long-established grain in Xizang, achieved about 2.23 million mu, bringing 843,600 tonnes of output. Xizang has continued its efforts to protect farmland last year, by building 674,000 mu of high-standard farmland, and restoring 23,900 mu of abandoned land. –Agencies
