Global livestock experts gather in Mongolia to address sustainability issues
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry is hosting the meeting in cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock.
The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock meeting or 8th annual meeting of the multi-stakeholder partnership is taking place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the first time. The 8th meeting gathered more than 120 livestock experts from 34 countries including regional countries Agricultural Ministers and corresponding officials from governmental and non-governmental organizations of Mongolia. The first-day event was chaired by Fritz Scneider, Chair of Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock. "Sustainable livestock is about developing it in harmony with other sectors. Therefore, Mongolia has a possibility to develop nomadic herding stable in future. It is proper to keep the number of livestock meeting with grazing capacity,” Fritz Scneider said. Delegates of the meeting are touching many issues including natural resource and rangeland usage, food security and investment in sustainable livestock as well as the stable livelihood of herders, their education and gender equity. Mongolia is one of the last nomadic countries in the world. As of 2017, the number of livestock animals in the East Asian country with a population of just over 3 million has reached more than 65 million. Animal husbandry is the backbone of the landlocked country's economy as nearly 40 percent of the country's nomad population depends on animal husbandry for their livelihoods. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry is hosting the meeting in cooperation with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock.
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