Harvesting of vegetables completes
EconomyUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. As of this week 233.5 thousand crops have been harvested nationwide, of which 167
thousand tons are vegetables, 70.2 thousand tons of fodder and 51 thousand tons
of oil plants, reported the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.
As of today, harvesting of
potato and vegetables has been complete whilst the grain crops' is running
at over 70 percent. It is intended to complete by the end of this week, said
Ts.Bolorchuluun, head of the Crop Policy Implementation Coordination
Department, the MOFALI.
This year, 512.0 thousand hectares were cultivated, including
364.8 thousand hectares for grain of which 340.0 thousand hectares were for
wheat; 14.8 thousand hectares for potatoes, 8.0 thousand hectares for
vegetables, 82.4 thousand hectares for oil plants and 42.0 thousand hectares
for fodder plants.