Ulaanbaatar
A Total of 655.5 Thousand Hectares of Land to Be Cultivated This Spring
Society
Ulaanbaatar, April 9, 2025 /MONTSAME/. At the meeting of the Standing Committee on Environment, Food, and Agriculture of the State Great Khural on April 8, 2025, Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry Enkhbayar Jadamba delivered a report "Preparations for Spring Sowing".
A total of 655.5 thousand hectares of land will be cultivated for sowing this spring. In particular, cereals will be planted on 360.7 thousand hectares of land, potatoes on 20.1 thousand hectares, vegetables on 18.8 thousand hectares, fodder on 141.1 thousand hectares, oilseeds on 103.7 thousand hectares, and fruit and berries on 7.9 thousand hectares of land. The Minister of Food, Agriculture, and Light Industry stated that the work of bringing the arable land into farmland is being organized to ensure a stable supply of animal feed, increase the variety of crop rotations, and promote export-oriented production.
In addition, out of the total 45.4 thousand tons of wheat seed reserves in the country, 35.0 thousand tons are stored in agricultural enterprises, 3.5 thousand tons in the “Agricultural Corporation” state-owned enterprise, and 7.0 thousand tons of seeds are stored in seed breeding enterprises for commercial purposes. Seven agricultural enterprises have received permission to import 4.3 thousand tons of wheat seed. The Minister also noted that MNT 1.4 billion will be spent from the state budget to supply 360 tons of seeds in six types of fodder crops.
Minister Enkhbayar noted, "To increase crop rotation and high-protein fodder reserves for livestock, the 'Agricultural Corporation' state-owned enterprise has stockpiled 1,600 tons of seeds in nine types of fodder crops and delivered them on credit. Moreover, to protect agricultural land from erosion and improve soil fertility, MNT 9.7 billion is earmarked to install a total of 370.8 thousand reinforced concrete poles in aimags with agricultural land and MNT 1 billion to build forest strips on 102.3 km of agricultural land in four locations."
