FAO in Mongolia

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22 May 2019
In 2016 the agricultural sector, overwhelmingly engaged in pastoral livestock production, accounted for 12 percent of GDP and 30 percent of total employment of Mongolia. Rural women in Mongolia are heavily engaged in the agriculture sector. They contribute to livestock management as well as farming activities. Processing raw materials of...
10 May 2019
Milk is one of the four strategic commodities of Mongolia. According to the National Statistics Office, Mongolia’s milk production potential was estimated at 892 million liters per year while only 81.2 million liters of liquid milk equivalent (LME) was received and processed by dairy factories. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture...
08 May 2019
Over 850 participants came together in the parliament house on 7th of May to discuss how to improve the regulatory environment for rangeland use and protection. The national consultation was jointly organized by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry (MoFALI), the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment, Food and...
30 April 2019
Mongolia needs to put in place more integrated and comprehensive food laws and improve surveillance, monitoring and enforcement. The system also need to better reflect risk-based approaches, be consistent with modern regulations and standards. This requires strengthening institutional, technical, operational and financial capacity for managing food safety along the food...
29 April 2019
FAO Mongolia provided urgent assistance to extinguish forest fire in Binder and Batshireet soums of Kehntii province. The large fire spreading south from the Russian taiga transmitted to border territory in afternoon 21 April 2019, say local officials. More than 150 people representative from local communities, staff from the national...