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15.2.2 Economic Structure and Crop Marketing<br />

Farmland and Cultivation<br />

30<br />

26,9<br />

25<br />

Sown Area (ha)<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

5,7<br />

2,83<br />

1,09<br />

0,51<br />

5,46<br />

3,92<br />

11,7<br />

1,85<br />

1,07<br />

Potatoes<br />

Carrots<br />

Tomatoes<br />

Cucumbers<br />

Onions<br />

Cabbages<br />

Turnips<br />

Watermelons<br />

Honeydew<br />

Melons<br />

Other<br />

Crops<br />

Source: Survey results, June 2006<br />

Figure 75: Sown Area for Crop Cultivation of Surveyed Households, Buyant sum (2006)<br />

In 2006, the surveyed households, out of which 50 were engaged in crop farming, cultivated<br />

61 ha -on average 1.22 ha per household. The household with the smallest fields cultivated<br />

0.05 ha, cooperative members with the largest fields cultivated 7 ha. Potatoes are the most<br />

often cultivated crop among surveyed farmers and 44% of farmland is used for potato<br />

plantation (see Fig. 75). Watermelons, carrots, cabbage, turnips and tomatoes come next and<br />

there is only limited cultivation of cucumbers and onions. None reported to plant cereals or<br />

fodder crops.<br />

Some livestock owning households also possess hayfields which are located mainly east of<br />

the sum center and vary from 0.6 ha to 3 ha. The hayfields and farmlands are fenced by iron<br />

nets or with fences made from Caragana shrubs.<br />

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