Pastureland management to be on focus in AVSF project II
SocietyUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. AVSF Mongolia is organizing the First
Steering Committee meeting of the project on ‘Integrated Production Systems for
Sustainable Cashmere – II’, implemented by AVSF Mongolia and funded by the
European Union and the French Facility for Global Environment. The aim of the
Meeting is to introduce the Phase I achievements of the project and to provide
information about the Phase II and the activities of the Sustainable Cashmere
Union.
The meeting is held partially online and besides the
government representatives is hosting Bayankhongor aimag Governor D.
Munkhsaihan, French Ambassador Mr. Philipp Merlin and Mr. Pierre-Yves Lucas,
Cooperation section team leader of European Union.
The French Ambassador in his opening speech highlighted the
importance of the project and noted that the project based on its valuable
experiences and previous results will play a crucial role to contribute to
enhancing and developing sustainable wool and cashmere production system in
Mongolia.
In 2015-2019, during its first phase, the project provided
technical assistance to Bayankhongor aimag cooperatives of the Sustainable
Cashmere Union in sustainable cashmere production, and in the second phase the
project will focus on the creation of an integrated system of sustainable
cashmere production with more emphasis on improving the pastureland management
through the implementation of a cohesive sustainable wool and cashmere
production system.
Source: AVSF Mongolia