Unified system for livestock registration to be introduced nationwide
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. Within the framework of the Livestock registration campaign announced nationwide
by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, livestock information has
been registered and entered into an unified database, monitoring the movement.
Livestock registration allows to create
a Unified Database on Livestock Identification and Registration, upgrade the
system of defining and monitoring the origins of livestock-sourced
commodities and products to a new level, comply with international standards, gain
experiences in insemination of livestock, and monitor the calving, delivering
offspring, livestock improper mortality, and migration.
‘Improving Livestock Identification and Registration system’ pilot project was implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the French Livestock Institute in four soums of Uvurkhangai aimag and the project has been further developed to introduce the system nationwide. Therefore, the system has been tested in Tsagaandelger of Dundgobi aimag and Tugrug soum of Uvurkhangai aimag, preparing trainers. Moreover, a training was organized among heads and experts of the Food and Agriculture department in 21 aimags on November 29-30.