FINAL REPORT

• high land fee
• machinery and equipment leasing costs are high and seeds expensive, quality of
granted seeds is poor or expired
• no storage facilities for harvest
• wholesale traders pay low prices for crops and calculate the weight to low
• financial constraints
• due to frequent thefts of iron scrap, the fences for land protection have to be put up in
spring and be removed after harvest
• there are many summer camps of herders along the Buyant River and conflicts with
crop farmers appear often
Households
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
6
28
Yes No Don't
know
1
Households
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
6
28
Yes No Don't
know
1
Source: Survey results, June 2006
Figure 82: Support for Rehabilitation of
Janjin Boolt Headwork, Jargalant sum
Source: Survey results, June 2006
Figure 83: Support for Itroduction of a Water
Fee, Jargalant sum
Rehabilitation of JanjinBoolt Headwork
29 households (83%) responded that the reconstruction of Janjin Boolt headwork is crucial,
one was against it and five were indecisive (see Fig. 82). Although water is comparably well
available for crop farmers in Jargalant and they will not directly profit from the reconstruction
of Janjin Boolt headwork, the majority supports the plan of reconstruction, assuming that
other farmers will gain from its operation. One person reminded that if the facility operates
again, it should be assigned to locals for protection and a guard should be appointed -
otherwise there is a risk of looters damage.
Concerning the question “Are you willing to pay awater fee if the irrigation facility is
reconstructed and other irrigation systems are built?” the majority responded that they do not
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