Ulaanbaatar
Harvesting completes with abundant yields
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Harvesting has completed nationwide, cropping 409.6 thousand tons of wheat, 160.9 thousand tons of potato, 93.6 thousand tons of vegetables, 117.8 thousand tons of fodder plants and 19.3 thousand tons of oil plants.
Compared with the previous year,
increases were shown in wheat by 172.6 thousand tons, potato by 44.5 thousand
tons, vegetables by 14.5 thousand tons, fodder plants by 57.3 thousand tons and
oil plants by 7.2 thousand tons respectively.
This year’s yield has made it able to entirely provide domestic needs of wheat and potato.
Last spring, Government
resolved to establish farming areas which cover territories of 113 baghs /the
smallest administrative unit/ of 60 soums of seven aimags and is now adhering
to a policy of seed improvement and technical modernization and to enlarging irrigated fields.
