Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia and Qatar are possible to collaborate in agriculture
Economy | Agriculture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry B.Batzorig met Thursday Sultan bin Salmeen al-Mansouri, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to Mongolia, and exchanged views on the agricultural cooperation between the countries.
There is an immense opportunity for the countries to boost their agricultural cooperation. Mongolia has huge livestock and meat resources for exports. It has been estimated that Mongolia is capable of exporting an average of 160 thousand tons of meat annually.
Food, agriculture and light industries compose 40 percent of the national GDP and provide 64 percent of workforce. The agricultural sector alone produces 18.8 percent of GDP, of which 84.9 percent is formed from animal husbandry that employs 36 percent of total workforce. Livelihood of 94.3 percent of the agricultural sector workers, which is 364.4 thousand people of 170 thousand household, are directly related to this industry.
With an aim to improve the health of livestock, productivity of animal products through raw material quality, produce and export VAT included meat products, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry B.Batzorig expressed to continue “Mongolian Livestock” program.
Last year, the total livestock of Mongolia reached 61.5 million heads and around 85 percent consisted of small animals. Within this frame, a total of 9.2 thousand tons of meat and meat products were exported to Russia and China. Qatar imports nearly 70 percent of its food from abroad. Therefore, Minister B.Batzorig highlighted an opportunity of cooperating in supplying Mongolian livestock meat to Qatar.
“Since the market turnover of our two neighbors mostly consists of small animals, and around 85 percent of Mongolian livestock is formed of small animals, sheep and goat meet could be exported to other countries,” said Minister B.Batzorig and underlined that Mongolia exports meat and meat products to Islam, Iran, Vietnam and Kazakhstan.
Minister B.Batzorig stated intention of Mongolia on continuing the memorandum of cooperation on veterinary and quarantine established between the Governments of Mongolia and Qatar on November 29, 2007, and training experts to exchange practices. Ambassador of Qatar Mr. Sultan bin Salmeen al-Mansouri expressed in response to intensify cooperation in food, agriculture and light industry.
There is an immense opportunity for the countries to boost their agricultural cooperation. Mongolia has huge livestock and meat resources for exports. It has been estimated that Mongolia is capable of exporting an average of 160 thousand tons of meat annually.
Food, agriculture and light industries compose 40 percent of the national GDP and provide 64 percent of workforce. The agricultural sector alone produces 18.8 percent of GDP, of which 84.9 percent is formed from animal husbandry that employs 36 percent of total workforce. Livelihood of 94.3 percent of the agricultural sector workers, which is 364.4 thousand people of 170 thousand household, are directly related to this industry.
With an aim to improve the health of livestock, productivity of animal products through raw material quality, produce and export VAT included meat products, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry B.Batzorig expressed to continue “Mongolian Livestock” program.
Last year, the total livestock of Mongolia reached 61.5 million heads and around 85 percent consisted of small animals. Within this frame, a total of 9.2 thousand tons of meat and meat products were exported to Russia and China. Qatar imports nearly 70 percent of its food from abroad. Therefore, Minister B.Batzorig highlighted an opportunity of cooperating in supplying Mongolian livestock meat to Qatar.
“Since the market turnover of our two neighbors mostly consists of small animals, and around 85 percent of Mongolian livestock is formed of small animals, sheep and goat meet could be exported to other countries,” said Minister B.Batzorig and underlined that Mongolia exports meat and meat products to Islam, Iran, Vietnam and Kazakhstan.
Minister B.Batzorig stated intention of Mongolia on continuing the memorandum of cooperation on veterinary and quarantine established between the Governments of Mongolia and Qatar on November 29, 2007, and training experts to exchange practices. Ambassador of Qatar Mr. Sultan bin Salmeen al-Mansouri expressed in response to intensify cooperation in food, agriculture and light industry.
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