Government decides to purchase 30 thousand tons of meat from herders for reservation.

Oyundelger 2017-01-11 11:01

Society

70 per cent of Mongolian territory is covered with snow and 64 soums of 15 provinces are experiencing hard wintering.

Government decides to purchase 30 thousand tons of meat from herders for reservation. 70 per cent of Mongolian territory is covered with snow and 64 soums of 15 provinces are experiencing hard wintering. There is a risk that wintering would get worse further, if heavy snow and severe cold continues. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry is instructed to organize meat reservation urgently to generate income for herders and prevent from insufficiency of meat supply in rural areas and overpricing of meat.The required money for meat reservation will be financed from commercial banks’ sources and loan interest will be repaid from budget for incentives of Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry.