Photo shows a farmer prepares to dry corns in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), photo from Tibet Daily.
More and more farmers and herdsmen in Nyingchi are engaged in eco-tourism, forest industry and ecological agriculture business, getting better-off in their lives.
In 2009, the average net income of local farmers and herdsmen hit 4,730 yuan.
Nyingchi Prefecture, known as the "Tibet's Jiangnan", meaning China's southern area to the Yangtze River known for its fertile land, is a key ecological security barrier in the southeast of Tibet Autonomous Region.
