Ulaanbaatar
Livestock Raw Materials Traceability System handed over to Ministry of Agriculture
Economy | Agriculture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ State
Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry
T.Jambaltseren received the Livestock Raw Material Traceability System developed
by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation together with relevant
documents and databases.
The agency, which first
launched a humanitarian project in Mongolia in 1999-2000 to help herders heavily
affected by dzud, a natural disaster resulting from summer drought, combined
with heavy, winter snow, has implemented the Green Gold and Animal Health
project to improve the livelihoods of herders through proper rangeland use,
creation of new market opportunities, and support in developing a favorable
policy framework.
As part of the project, ‘Responsible
Nomads’ standard and code of practice for Sustainable Nomadic Livestock
Production and its digital traceability system were developed to certify the
origin and quality of Mongolian animal raw materials, to assure that the
products were supplied in a way that does not harm the rangeland, environment and
the livestock, increase the products’ market competitiveness and value, and
support herders’ income.
The MNS 6891 : 2020 standard
setting out the requirements for Responsible Nomads Code of Practices for
sustainable nomadic livestock production was developed by a working group
formed by a March 11, 2020 order of the State Secretary of the Ministry of
Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and approved by a December 30, 2020 order
of the Director of Mongolian Agency for Standardization and Metrology. The
Swiss Cooperation handed over other systems and databases as assistance,
including a milk supply traceability system, herd management planning system,
national rangeland monitoring database, rangeland impact monitoring and
management database, animal husbandry database, animal husbandry welfare
information system, traceability system for local dairy production.
