The raising of livestock is of great importance in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (TAR), since animal products are a primary source of cash income in many rural households.  However, animal nutrition is currently very poor, with animal feeds based on by-products (mostly straw) from the predominant cereal crops, and low quality fodder and forage from the mountains.  Over the past 2 years, field experiments have been established at three different sites to investigate the productivity of cereal / fodder legume intercrops within the central Tibetan environment.  In the first set of experiments, relay intercrops were constructed with winter cereals (wheat or barley) grown at a range of different row arrangements with vetch or alfalfa sown into the inter-row space.  Preliminary results showed that satisfactory grain yields (3 - 5 tonnes/ha and roughly equivalent to typical farmer yields) could be attained at lower cereal densities (e.g., from 50% or 67% cereal densities).  Fodder yields appeared inversely proportional to cereal density.  Vetch produced approximately twice the dry matter of lucerne in the 6 months following establishment (3 tonnes/ha at 50% density rather than 1.5 tonnes/ha).  Experimentation is continuing during the 2005/06 growing season.  In addition, experiments are underway to assess the performance of vetch/winter cereal intercrops established by broadcasting vetch seed into winter cereals sown using normal farmer methods.