Improving livestock quality and protecting genetic resources ”sub-project is being implemented in three aimags

Traceable and high quality yak leather prepared by herders participated in the Green Gold Animal Health project of the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia made it possible to develop this unique from Mongolia a product, yak leather footballs.

Jornada Friday Bytes - presentations of research programs presented to the staff at the Jornada Experimental Range

The Pastoralist Knowledge Hub (PKH) brings together pastoralists and international actors to integrate pastoralism and pastoralism-related matters into international policy dialogue.

Online meeting was organized Regional Support Group (RISG) of “Central Asia & Mongolia” for International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) on 21 Dec 2020. For this meeting total of 16 people participated involving central Asia pastoral alliance members from Kyrgyz, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and other professional organizations working in rangeland management.

Initiated by the Mongolian National Federation of Pasture User Groups (MNFPUG), a survey was conducted on December 9-13 to identify and assess the current situation of herders in soums with challenging wintering conditions.

This “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) between the Khas Bank, Green Gold and Animal Health project of the Swiss Agency of Development and Cooperation and National Federation of Pasture User Groups of herders is signed to define the roles and responsibilities for collaboration on the pilot project in Chandmani soum of Hovd aimag from 01.02.2019 to 30.10.2020.

The new edition of Mongolian national rangeland health report will be presented at the Forum summarising the results of nationwide rangeland health monitoring between 2014-2017.

Man’s happiness lies in an empty field, according to the old Mongolian proverb, and the country’s vast grasslands have certainly sustained its nomadic heritage for centuries.