FINAL REPORT
FINAL REPORT
FINAL REPORT
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• support in resolving problems with herders and pasture along the Buyant River<br />
The following additional ideas and questions were asked from the team:<br />
• Who will implement the project?<br />
• When will it start?<br />
• What is the budget of the project?<br />
• Will locals be involved in reconstructing Janjin Boolt Headwork?<br />
• Seeds provided by SDC are usually in the hands of non crop farmers and farmers are<br />
purchasing from them. Will this issue be solved?<br />
• Could the project provide fertilizer?<br />
• Is there any long term leasing of tractors and equipment available within the project?<br />
• Would it be possible that the project develops a proposal for decision makers<br />
regarding allocation of more farmland?<br />
• Is it possible to implement projects in other spheres such as veterinary surgeon,<br />
livestock farm development or support for agricultural cooperatives?<br />
16.3 Summary<br />
The main findings of field research in the irrigated agriculture of Jargalant sum can be<br />
summarized as follows:<br />
1. Cultivation agriculture was almost unpractised during socialism in Jargalant sum and<br />
has become an important livelihood strategy for impoverished households in recent<br />
years. In 2005, 219 households (3.3% of all) cultivated 134 ha or 0.6 ha on average –<br />
either within their khashaas or at two areas along the Buyant River.<br />
2. In 2006, 25 poor households received 0.2 ha farmland each and further support from<br />
the sum administration. Although the land size is very limited, this appears to be a<br />
positiveapproach to alleviate poverty.<br />
3. Main restriction to enlarge cultivation agriculture in Jargalant is the scarcity of<br />
farmland. The average field size is the smallest compared to all other surveyed sums.<br />
4. High land fees, limited land resources, expensive fertilizer and inputs, improper<br />
irrigation systems, conflicts with herders along the Buyant River and economic<br />
constraints were reported as mayor problems.<br />
5. Access to irrigation water is comparably unproblematic due to the fact that the<br />
farmlands are located at the head of the Buyant River Delta: 74% of surveyed<br />
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