FINAL REPORT

Special attention must also be given to the water needs of the mobile livestock
keepers who use the land adjacent to the cultivation area as pasture land.
C. ASPECTS CONCERNING CULTIVATION
As the existing farming population is partly consisting of inexperienced and
untrained farmers a functioning extension service is urgently needed in order to
practice a sustainable land use. The project should offer training in all aspects of
cultivation, such as improved soil preparation, water saving irrigation methods,
ecologically adapted use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides, crop
rotation, combating plant diseases, and use of machinery.
Farmers should be convinced of the many advantages of farming cooperatives for
small-scale farmers, such as common use of machinery, getting low interest loans,
purchase of less expensive of farming inputs, marketing for favourable conditions
etc. Active support should be given by the project to the formation of such
cooperatives in order to improve the living and production conditions of the
smallholders.
As only a few greenhouses are available so far for vegetable growing, the project
should encourage and support the establishment of greenhouses. Greenhouses and
also simple plastic sheets covering the plants could considerably improve the
conditions for early and late vegetable production.
Diversification of vegetable production could be attained through introduction of
new crop varieties and seeds, such as red garlic, green and red pepper, beans,
pumpkin, zucchini, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, radish, leek, celeriac,
spices etc.
D. ASPECTS CONCERNING MARKETING, PROCESSING, AND
STORING
As marketing of high quality farming products is a key issue for the future
development of irrigated agriculture in Khovd aimag, the project should conduct
training courses on marketing of crops. Trade fairs for crops and processed
vegetables and fruits should be conducted in Khovd khot and other aimag centers
of western Mongolia, in the big cities of the country, Ulaanbaatar in particular, and
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