Climate-resilient, high-carbon sequestration, and sustainable rangeland and agricultural management implemented.
Following activities will be carried within this output.
Agro-business and Livestock value chain
- Assess the challenges and opportunities in the livestock value chain and develop livestock supply chain models.
- Develop agro-business development plans tailored to the specific characteristics of aimags and soums with the participation of local government representatives, herder groups, and cooperatives, and create export-oriented agro-business models.
- Enhance access to international markets and improve competitiveness by implementing robust animal product traceability, certification, and branding strategies.
- Implement economic incentive mechanisms to reduce the seasonal dependence of livestock raw material supply, stabilize price fluctuations, and support the sustainability of the livestock value chain.
- Implement a business incubation program for agricultural SMEs and cooperatives, and collaborate with commercial banks and the GIRAF fund to increase access to financing.
- Develop a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and efficient livestock value chain by increasing access to financing.
Rangeland Management
- Develop a pasture land monitoring system focused on key indicators and strengthen ALMGAC/NAMEM capacity.
- Strengthen soum pasture management through the establishment of pasture user groups, rangeland use agreements, and participatory management plans registered in the land database.
- Educate herders and cooperatives on low-carbon pasture management and provide related legal and technical support.
- Utilize monitoring methodologies to assess soil carbon stocks and reduce pasture impacts for improved sustainable management.
- Incentivize herders to match livestock numbers with carrying capacity, improving quality and productivity.
- Develop and implement community-based small investment projects to enhance herder resilience and livelihoods.
- Develop a pasture carbon/methane MRV system, support carbon credit trading, and provide related training.
Animal Health
- Organize short-term refresher training for veterinarians and livestock professionals to equip them with strategies and methods for preventing, reducing the spread of, and combating highly contagious animal diseases.
- Train community-based animal health workers as instructors to disseminate information about animal diseases to herders and implement preventive measures.
- Support herders with high-quality breeding males and females to improve livestock productivity and increase herder incomes.
- Support the increase and improvement of access to necessary equipment and services for artificial insemination in soum breeding units.
- Establish a disease-free establishments, livestock slaughtering and processing factors, and veterinary laboratories in aimag and soum centers.
- Provide technical upgrades to the animal registration, tracking, and certification database to support increased meat exports.
Irrigated Forage Production
- Establish drought-resistant irrigated lands, optimize forage cultivation, and enhance crop yields based on local soil assessments.
- Provide training and disseminate best practices on irrigation, sustainable water management, and forage cultivation to herders and cooperatives.
- Develop ecosystem-based project for high mountain water conservation and efficient use.
- Integrate high mountain water and soil management strategies with soum irrigated pasture management to ensure sustainable livestock and forage production and prevent soil degradation.
- Develop and rehabilitate irrigation systems, including primary works, to cultivate forage crops on 1,400 hectares.
