FINAL REPORT

TABLE OF CONTENT
Summary
Summary...................................................................................................................7
Map of project area..................................................................................................9
A. Introduction (J. Janzen and J. Hartwig)..........................................................10
1. Statement of Problem and Key-Questions to be answered Objectives of the Study (J.
Hartwig)...........................................................................................................................10
2. Objectives of the Study (J. Janzen)............................................................................10
4. Research Methodology (J. Janzen)........................................................................13
4.4 Expert Interviews..............................................................................................14
4.5 Interviews with Standardized Questionnaires for Farming and Agro-Pastoral
Households...................................................................................................................14
4.6 Visualization of the Spatial Distribution and Structure of Irrigated Farming by
Thematic Mapping, Schemes, and Photos.....................................................................15
B. Cultivation Agriculture on the National Level and in the Western
Periphery of Mongolia (J. Hartwig)......................................................................16
5. Cultivation Agriculture on theNational Level...........................................................16
6. Cultivation Agriculture in Western Mongolia............................................................19
C. Khovd aimag: Present State and Problems of Development and
Cultivation Agriculture -An Overview- (J. Hartwig)..........................................22
7. Socioeconomicand EcologicalBaseline Information of Khovd aimag..................22
8. Cultivation Agriculture in Khovd aimagand in the Buyant River Delta.......................26
(J. Hartwig)......................................................................................................................26
9. WaterUtilization and the Plan to reconstruct Janjin BooltHeadwork (J. Janzen and J.
Hartwig)...........................................................................................................................30
D. Assessment of the Physical and Ecological Environment at the Buyant
River Delta in Jargalant, Khovd, Buyant and Myangad sums / Khovd
aimag (M. Walther, Ts. Gegeensuvd and B. Altangerel; S. Bayarkhuu,
D. Battsetseg, and B. Tsevelmaa)...........................................................................32
10. Physical and Ecological Conditions for Irrigated Agriculture –An Overview-.....32
General Remarks ...................................................................................................32
Investigation Areas.................................................................................................33
10.1 Climatic Setting (M. Walther)...............................................................................34
Climate and Hydrological Development and Conditions between 1983 and
2005 in the Drainage Basin of Buyant Gol............................................................34
Precipitation between 1983 and 2005................................................................................34
Situation of Buyant Gol................................................................................................38
Area 2 (Tawin Gazar, Buyant Sum)..................................................................................44
Results oftheanalysis...................................................................................................45
Area 3 (Khunztin Bulan, Myangad sum)...........................................................................47
Results of Analysis......................................................................................................48
Area 4 (Davshilt negdel ofMyangad sum /Kovd sum).....................................................50
Results of Analysis.......................................................................................................51
Compared to chemical compositions of other areas this area is poor in Carbonate. All the
other values show an average distribution.........................................................................53
Area 5 (Dooddoloo, Khovd sum)......................................................................................54
Results of Chemical Analysis .......................................................................................54
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