The Mongolian Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry is implementing the vegetable and irrigated agriculture project with funding from the Asian Development Bank in 2020-2026. 7,000 hectares of land will be introduced into irrigated crop rotation through the modernization of 4 irrigation systems of 18 districts of local ownership, research institutions in 8 provinces.
Investments are being made in the construction of irrigation systems capable of irrigating a total of 3,031 hectares in 10 districts of 7 provinces, including Bayan-Olgii, Govi-Altai, Zavkhan, Selenge, Tov, Khovd and Khentii. More than 3,500 families of farmers will produce an average of 8,000 tons of vegetables and 90,000 tons of livestock feed per year after the creation of engineered irrigation systems.
The number of irrigated crops will increase by 10-12%, which will help protect agricultural production from risks and ensure food stability in the face of climate change, drought and warming.
Source: akipress.com