Projects on animal identification and traceability to be implemented
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be jointly implementing projects
The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be jointly implementing projects on animal identification, registration system and improving the system on recording and traceability. The projects will have aims of improving benefits and competitiveness of the agricultural sector, enhancing the monitoring on livestock health and food safety, and providing citizens with healthy foods. In the framework of the project on animal identification, a nationwide monitoring system on origin of livestock, migration, selection and breeding, and health information will be introduced. As for the project on recording and traceability, possible systems on tracing the origin of agricultural products will be studied and tested using block chain technology. The project on animal identification and registration system will be implemented in four soums of central Uvurkhangai province. The work to identify and register a total of 190 thousand livestock in the soums is to be done between June 2019 and February 2020 in partnership with a local meat factory.
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