FINAL REPORT

storage facilities (See Photo 10-11). If possible, they sell potatoes and other vegetables
suitable for storing in winter or spring, when prices are up. Those farmers, who have no
storage facility or are in urgent need for cash, sell their products cheaply and cause price
drops. This year, the crop prices increased in late spring to the highest level that has ever been
reached (e.g. potatoes up to 400 MNTor carrots up to 700 MNT). Tab. 27 shows the range of
crop prices paid to farmers, average prices, the marketed amount and revenues from
marketing in 2005/2006:
Photo 10-11: Buyant sum center. Entrance and Interior of an Underground Storage
Photos by J. Janzen, October 2006
Crop Potatoes Carrots Tomatoes Cucumbers
Onions Cabbages Turnips Watermelons
Honeydew
Melon
Price 70-400 70-700 150-1000 150-500 150- 80-300 70-200 100- 150-500
(MNT)
1,000
400
Average 150 150 400 200 400 150 150 175 200
price*
(MNT)
Marketed 497.3 90.1 2.5 1.2 0 9.5 68.5 129.7 71
amount (t)
Revenues
(Million
MNT)
74.6 13.52 1 0.24 0 1.43 10.28 22,7 14.2
* for which most farmers sold their crops Source: Survey results, June 2006
Table 27: Crop Prices paid to Surveyed Households and Revenues from Marketing, Khovd sum
(2005/2006)
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