Xizang Ali's "Western Cashmere Goat Industrial Belt" is beginning to take shape.

(agricultural Wealth net) during the Eleventh five-year Plan period, Xizang's characteristic agriculture and animal husbandry project, the "Western Cashmere Goat Industrial Belt", has begun to take shape. Cashmere, the main product of cashmere goats known as "soft gold", has become a booster for the economic development of industrial belts and the income of farmers and herdsmen.

According to the statistics of Ali District Administration, the number of cashmere goats in 2008 was more than 1.46 million, accounting for 48.09% of the total livestock stock. At present, it has formed a cashmere goat industrial belt pattern with Ritu White Cashmere original seed Farm as the core, Cuoqin Purple Cashmere original seed Farm and Geji and Gaize White Cashmere breeding Farm as two wings.

The construction of the industrial belt has directly led to the increase of the income of local farmers and herdsmen. In Ritu County, Ali Prefecture, the output of cashmere increased from 52 tons in 2006 to 73 tons in 2008, and the annual per capita income of farmers and herdsmen increased by 144.25 yuan.

In order to better develop the cashmere goat industry, Ali region has strengthened the injection of its scientific and technological content. For the purpose of the survival of the original breeds, scientific and technological workers have further studied and popularized the artificial insemination technology and frozen semen production technology, established a diversified cashmere goat technology extension system, and accelerated the transformation speed of cashmere goat scientific and technological achievements.

Cashmere feels smooth and delicate, and its textiles are light and warm. Ali began to build a cashmere goat base in the 1990s, and in recent years it has been actively integrated into the construction of the "western cashmere goat industrial belt", which makes the cashmere goat industry develop by leaps and bounds.