Making Tibet Food Secure : Assessment of Scenarios

Contents: Foreword. Executive summary. Glossary. I. Introduction: 1. Concept and definitions of food security used. 2. Assessment of scenarios of food security. 3. Food supply and demand analysis. 4. The need for the study. II. Highland and people: 1. The geographic location and administrative regions of Tibet. 2. The physiogeographic divisions and climate types of Tibet. 3. Main agro-ecological zones in Tibet. 4. Land resources. 5. Foods and food production. 6. The people and the population. III. Access to food: 1. Food production and supply. 2. Food consumption. 3.Discussion and conclusions. IV. Major food production systems: 1. Delineating food-production systems. V. Zonal variations in production of major foods: 1. Methodology. 2. Zonal variations and spatial dynamics of per capita calorie and protein availability. 3. Zonal variations and spatial dynamics of per capita production of cereals. 4. Zonal variations and spatial dynamics of per capita meat and milk production. VI. Food production changes over time: 1. Evolution and trends in agricultural structure. 2. Trends in production of cereals and oilseed. 3. Analysis of factors influencing production of cereals and rape seed. 4. Changing trends in meat and milk production. VII. Changing food preferences and demands: 1. Population growth. 2. Trends in income and level of consumption. 3. Changing trends in food consumption and preferences. 4. Trends in food demand. 5. Zonal variations in food demand. VIII. Food demand-supply variations: 1. Total food production and food demand. 2. 171 pp.…