Prime Minister visits best herder’s wintering place

Politics
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2016-02-08 12:11:27

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On February 6, the Prime Minister Ch.Saikhanbileg visited herdsman Bayanduuren Renchindorj at his wintering place in Bayanjargalan soum of Tov aimag and awarded him the “State’s Best Herder” certificate along with presents.

Mongolia’s honored herdsman R.Renchindorj had 12 children, five of whom have become leading herders in their localities. "Today, his ninth son R.Bayanduuren has been named the “best herder”, PM Ch.Saikhanbileg told others while handing the award and wished him to become a State honored herdsman like his father.

This year, 118 herders have been named the best herders of the state. The number of awardees increased against the last year, in consideration of outstanding growth in a number of livestock (56 million) and of herding families (153 thousand). The number of herder families had been going down for nine consequent years before 2015.

“The Best Herder” certificate reads: “This is awarded to You by the Government of Mongolia, in recognition of Your unremitting dedication, excellent herding skills and the experiences gained during Your journey to success in improving market compatibility and economic efficiency of animal husbandry, in supplying healthy and safe food to the people and high quality raw materials to industries and in raising the herds of livestock”. The certificate was signed by the PM Ch.Saikhanbileg and Minister of Food and Agriculture R.Burmaa.

On the threshold of Year of the Monkey, on February 5, the Minister R.Burmaa and a Director of State Bank B.Battuvshin signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Programme on Promoting Agrobusiness, Export and Technology. Accordingly, an annual interest rate of herder’s loan is reduced from 29.5% to 18%.

New loans to be allowed for herders from other commercial banks will have lowered annual interest rates down to 10%, starting from this March 15, said the Premier.

Best herder R.Bayanduuren was born in Bayanjargalan soum and lives there with his wife and five children. He has been herding five kinds of livestock since 1992, and has been maintaining his status as a herder who has a thousand and more livestock for the last nine years. Bayanduuren has also donated 450 livestock to 15 people, who had been living in poverty.

In 2015, R.Bayanduuren had 2,429 livestock counted to state census and commercialized over 1,300 with purposes of breeding, wool, cashmere, meat and milk productions within three years.

 

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