Agriculture Minister meets World Bank Country Manager
PoliticsUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The World Bank Country Manager met
with Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry Z.Mendsaikhan on August
7 to discuss sector priorities and the World Bank support in agriculture sector.
Minister emphasized the long history of fruitful cooperation
between the two organizations and thanked the World Bank’s efforts to expand
this cooperation during the last few years.
The sides exchanged views on the Export Development and
Livestock Commercialization Projects implemented by the Ministry. Mr. Mikhnev
also shared our policy notes for sustainable development in agriculture and
provided updates about the ongoing World Bank Group support to help attract
investment in the agriculture sector as well as upcoming analytical work to
make Mongolia’s agricultural subsidies more effective.
Source: World Bank