Ulaanbaatar
Nationwide harvesting running at 90 percent
Economy | Agriculture
Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ By the end of last week,
the nationwide harvesting showed 90 percent fulfillment.
A total
of 180 thousand tons of wheat have been sold so far, including 135 thousand
tons for flour producers and 45 thousand tons for Farming Promotion Fund.
Throughout the country, 403 thousand tons of grain
have been harvested from 298.5 thousand hectares, of which 386.6 thousand tons were
wheat. Moreover, 160.8 thousand tons of potato and 93.5 thousand tons of
vegetables have been cropped, which means that 99.9 percent of potato and
vegetables, 80.6 percent of fodder plants and 57.3 percent of oil plants were
harvested.
Alongside harvesting activities, works are
being intensified to build a reserve of good quality seed. It is
planned to formulate a resolution to intensify crop sales and provide loans with reduced interest to flour producers from commercial banks in
order to purchase new crops and make it resolved by the government.
