Ulaanbaatar
FAO Deputy Rep about plan on resolving food shortage
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Chairman of the State Great Khural (parliament) Z.Enkhbold Wednesday received a delegation led by Mr Kevin Gallagher, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nation (FAO) to Mongolia.
Mr Gallagher spoke about the FAO's strategy on tackling the food shortage throughout the world, a feasibility of supplying meat and meat products of Mongolia to the world market, and winter conditions in Mongolia.
Noting that "Mongolia has 51.9 million heads of livestock", he said that every eighth one person, or 842 million people are suffering from food shortage, "Mongolia is required to reserve strategically important foods such as meat for up to five years in case of winter worsening”.
General director of the “Taij” group L.Ganpurev said his company together with the FAO and several meat processing companies can offer conserved meat to refugees and in times of food shortage.
