FINAL REPORT

Harvest, Processing, Marketing and Household Revenues and Expenditures
According to survey results, on average farmers used 2% of their yields for household needs
and the remaining harvest were sold. 29 Fig. 76 shows the size of harvest and products
marketed in 2005/06. Corresponding to the sown area, potatoes comprise the largest amount
of harvest, followed by watermelons, carrots, cabbage, turnips, honeydew melons and other
vegetables.
The farmers sell their crops either at the market in the aimag center or to mobile traders. Parts
of the harvest is sold in autumn to pay back bank loans, the rest is kept in own storage
facilities or in those of others against payment. Afew farmers have no possibility to store at
all, thus have to sell all their crops in autumn when prices are cheap. Most of the farmers
involved in the survey do not process their harvest apart from cucumbers, mixed salad or
500
473.1
463.1
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
121.6
120
176.5
176.5
100
50
0
harvest
sold
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sold
harvest
80
78.6
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68.1
7.7
7.7
3.55
3.55
63.8
63.8
38.5
38.5
7
7
sold
harvest
sold
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sold
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sold
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sold
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sold
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sold
Amount (t)
Potatoes Carrots Tomatoes Cucumbers
Onions Cabbages Turnips Watermelons
Honeydew
Melons
Other
Crops
Source: Survey results, June 2006
Figure 76: Total Harvest and sold Crops of Surveyed Households, Buyant sum 2005/06
tomatoes which are conserved in small amounts. These are used for households needs as well
as for marketing.
Tab. 29 shows the range of crop prices paid to farmers, average prices, the marketed amount
and revenues from marketing in 2005/2006.
29 As already seen from Chapter 14.2.2, also this percentage seems to be too low.
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