FINAL REPORT

Amount (t)
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
501.3
497.3
90.1
90.1
3
2.5
2.5
1.2
0.35
0
11
harvest
9.5
68.5
68.5
129.7
129.7
71
71
0.03
0
sold
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
harvest
sold
Potatoes Carrots Tomatoes Cucumbers
Onions Cabbages Turnips Watermelons
Honeydew
Melons
Other
Crops
Figure 51: Total Harvest and sold Crops of Surveyed Households, Khovd sum 2005/06
Survey results, June 2006
17% of surveyed households responded that they
would process at least a part of their crop harvest
and 83% don’t (see Fig. 52). Those who do,
preserve cucumbers or mixed salad, mainly for
household needs. Only a small amount of processed
vegetables is sold. As reasons for the relatively
small amount of processing the farmers stated
heavy workload in the harvest season and a lack of
knowledge on how to preserve vegetables.
no
83%
yes
17%
Source: Survey results, June 2006
Figure 52: Vegetable Processing, Khovd
sum (2005)
mobile
traders
21%
sum
center
2%
distant
locations
8%
aimag
center
69%
Figure 53: Crop Marketing, Khovd sum
Source: Survey results, June 2006
Fig. 53 demonstrates that the aimag
center is the core market for harvested
crops. There is also direct sale at the
fields or along the main road to mobile
traders and traders from neighbouring
Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Zavkhan, Govi-Altai
and other aimags. An increasing
tendency in wholesale purchase of crops
by traders from neighbouring aimags was
reported. Prices of crops drop rapidly
during autumn, which reduces the farmers’ income - therefore, most farmers have built
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