FINAL REPORT
FINAL REPORT
FINAL REPORT
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impoverished households have started crop farming. In 2005, 219 households cultivated 134<br />
ha or 0.6 ha on average. The farmlands are located in the following three areas (see Map. 10):<br />
At “Ikh golin ar” west of the main river, at “Durviin gazar” close to the former Janjin Boolt<br />
headwork and in the yards (mong.: khashaa) that surround the gers and cottages. Tab. 30<br />
shows the harvest and shares of farmland used for cultivation of different crops.<br />
Crop<br />
Cereals<br />
Potatoes<br />
Cabbages<br />
Turnips<br />
Carrots<br />
Onions<br />
Cucumbers<br />
Tomatoes<br />
Melons<br />
Fodder<br />
Crops<br />
Technical<br />
Crops<br />
Total sown 31 37,7 6,6 7,9 9,9 5,5 4,4 3,5 11 2.5 14<br />
area (ha)<br />
Harvest (t) 35 286 0 60,6 47,9 86,5 24,6 26,5 12,6 0 3,8<br />
Table 30: Sown area and Harvest, Jargalant sum (2005)<br />
Source: Statistics provided byaimagadministration<br />
Photo by G. Gantulga, June 2006<br />
Photo 14: Poor Households Received Farmland<br />
from the Sum Administration<br />
cooperation among the households in irrigation and guarding of fields.<br />
In 2006, 25 poor households were<br />
allocated farmland by the sum<br />
administration in a project supported by<br />
the ADB. A total of 4.6 ha were divided<br />
by 0.2 ha. In addition, free potato and<br />
vegetables seeds and training courses on<br />
cultivation were provided. The<br />
administration allocated the land on longterm<br />
possession as an incentive to those<br />
who show the ability to improve their<br />
livelihoods by crop farming. There is<br />
Apart from individual households and cooperatives, also the psychology section of the aimag<br />
hospital is engaged in crop farming. Their initiatives and collaborative spirit was strongly<br />
visible. The section comprises 13 people, including doctors and nurses. There are 832 people<br />
in the aimag with psychology problems under regular control of this section and hospitalized<br />
patients can work at the farmland. By doing so, the patients may receive treatment in a<br />
collective working atmosphere and they get paid for the work. Besides meeting household<br />
needs, they produce vegetables for patients’ food and market sale. Along producing<br />
vegetables in the Durviin gazar, they grow seabuckthorn at the hospital’s yard and they<br />
produce hand made items for sale (see Photo. 15-16). Incomes earned by hand made products<br />
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