Herders to receive more information via SMS
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On December 3, Chair of the National Statistics Office of
Mongolia A.Ariunzaya met with Food Security
Monitoring Consultant at UN World Food Programme Darko Petrovic and Director of
Programmes at Mercy Corps Mongolia G.Enkhtsetseg.
The meeting discussed the issue of
providing herders with the information on prices of livestock and raw materials and agricultural products via SMS starting
from next year.
Presently, the National
Emergency Management Agency, Mercy Corps Mongolia and the National
Agency of Meteorology and Environment Monitoring are delivering weather
information to herders by SMS.