FINAL REPORT

Survey results show that the farmers plant potato on approximately half of their land. The
remaining is used for turnips, carrots, onions, cabbages, and cucumbers. Few households
reported to plant seabuckthorn or dwarf apple. Eight households with livestock also irrigate
hayfields. The households in total used 2.15 ha for hay making, which is about 0.27 ha per
average.
Crop field size Number of households Hayfield size Number of households
0.015 1 0.1 3
0.2 7 0.15 1
0.3 5 0.2 1
0.35 4 0.3 1
0.4 5 0.5 1
0.5 4 0.7 1
0.6 3
0.7 3
0.8 3
Table 32: Crop- and Hayfields of Surveyed Households
Source: Survey results, June 2006
Harvest, Processing, Marketing and Household Revenues and Expenditures
25 households (71%) responded that they were engaged in crop farming in order to meet
household needs as well as to sell crops at the market. The remaining ten cultivated only for
subsistence needs. Due to the fact that the size of farmland in Jargalant is comparably small,
harvest and income from crop marketing is less than in the other sums of the Buyant River
Delta. 31 Except one household, none of the respondents had a storage facility. Therefore they
have to sell at cheap prices during autumn -either by wholesale or they rent own market
stalls.
Out of the 35 surveyed farmers, nine do not process their harvest but 26 of them do -for their
household needs or for market sale. The processed vegetables are mainly pickled cabbage,
cucumbers, tomatoes and vegetables salad. One respondent produced seabuckthorn juice and
six households prepared jams from tomatoes, honeydew melons or apples.
Depending on the soil conditions, cost for ploughing are from 60,000 to 80,000 MNT /ha.
One household owns a russian tractor and ploughs against payment. Two households employ
workers by announcing vacancies at the market. Employees get 1,500 -2,000 MNT per day
and free meal three times a day. The employers claimed that they observed difficulties in
gettingskilled workers.
31 Because of the loss of thequestionnaires, detailed analysis of income from crop harvesting was not possible.
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