MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ON TIBETANS' TABLES
LHASA, China, March 21, 2022 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
Sunday is a weekly shopping day for Tashi's family. As for groceries, they have much more choices than before.
"When I was a child, dumplings and canned food were my dreamy feast," said 70-year-old Tashi while shopping in Porgor Street of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Those days are gone.
Holding his grandson's hand and selecting edible oils in front of a supermarket shelf, Tashi said: "I have so many choices just to buy cooking oil, including olive oil, walnut oil, rapeseed oil, and so on."
In 1959, Tibet's total grain output was only about 180,000 tonnes, while the region's grain output in 2021 reached a new high of 1.07 million tonnes, topping 1 million tonnes for a seventh straight year.
In the Yaowangshan farm produce market, approximately 300 meters west of the Potala Palace square of Lhasa, Yudron, 68, bought some asparagus.
"In the past, when the New Year came in winter, we had to stock up on vegetables in advance, mainly radishes, cabbages, and potatoes," Yudron said. "Now I buy whatever I want."
In another supermarket, resident Nyima picked avocados in the fruit area to make a nutritious breakfast. "It was hard to buy any avocados in Lhasa six years ago, but now I buy as much as I like," he said.
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