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Herders’ consultation and pedigree breeding animal fair taking place in Zavkhan aimag
Economy | Agriculture
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Zavkhan aimag herders’ consultation ‘Challenge and solution’ along with pedigree breeding animal
fair trade is being organized by UNFAO and Zavkhan aimag Governor’s office
between 18-19 September, 2020.
In the framework of the UN joint project;
“Extending Social Protection to Herders with Enhanced Shock Responsiveness”
implemented by UNFAO, UNICEF, UNFPA and ILO of the UN Mongolia, have brought
together over 200 herders representing 24 soums of Zavkhan aimag. During the
two days event herders will have
information on improving the quality raw materials for local producers, market
access for livestock based products, project activities, insurance advices and support, consultation and fair trade of
brand products from 24 soums. Gobi, Mogol Wool, Mongoli Textile, Erdenet Carpet
and Darkhan Nekhii are taking part in the event, representing local producers
to meet with local herders.
During her opening
speech, Minister A.Ariunzaya said “The main goal of the UN Joint project is to
increase the resilience of herders, so that they are not reliant on social
welfare during any kind of crisis but more economically empowered and active to
protect themselves. It is time to develop agriculture nationwide, and show that
herders are entrepreneurs and business people. I really hope the implementation
of the project in Zavkhan will be extended nationwide.”
Ms. A.Ariunzaya,
Minister for Labor and Social protection; Mr. Batsaikhan, Governor of Zavkhan
aimag; Mr. Tapan Mishra, UN Resident Coordinator; Mr. Vinod Ahuja, FAO
Representative; Ms. Kaori Ishikawa, Head of UNFPA; Pierre-Yves Lucas from EU were present at the
opening ceremony.
Vinod Ahuja, Representative of FAO highlighted ”For
us, at FAO, social protection has an extremely important role in accelerating sustainable
agriculture development and resilience building. This means working closely
with herder communities at multiple levels of the whole food system. This means
investing in breeding and improving animal genetics, investing in animal health,
good husbandry practices, product quality, and market access.”
Tapan Mishra, UN Resident Coordinator said “UN Mongolia stands together to support the herders along with Government of Mongolia”.
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