Livestock Agriculture and Rural Development of the Grassland Pasturing Area of China
论我国草原牧区畜牧业与乡村发展

The grassland pasturing area is a special region for agricultural production in China, and geographical position and natural conditions endow it with unique resources advantages. However, increasingly severe desertification of the grassland in the past decades caused eco-environment deterioration in this area and held up its socio-economic development. Economy globalization and prominent population-land conflicts in the new century promote us to adjust thinking model, convert institutions and explore approaches to a harmonious society coordinating nature and economy development. Based on analysis of function, situation and problem of the area, we proposed that livestock agriculture and rural development in the area should rely on the natural, manpower and cultural resource advantages and should be grounded on governmental services and supports, such as market-fostering, laws and regulations, science and technology, education and training, and fundamental establishments. The development emphases should be laid on green and natural livestock agriculture, and grassland rural tourism, in order to drive headstream and downstream industry development as well as construction of cities and towns, and therefore to help increase the livestock fanners' income and promote livestock agriculture and rural development.