FINAL REPORT

15.2.5 Important Issues for Improving Crop Farming, Expectations from a
Development Project supporting Irrigated Agriculture and additional Ideas and
Questions asked from the Research Team ...........................................................136
15. 3 Summary ...........................................................................................................137
16. Evaluation of Field Research in the Irrigated Agriculture of Jargalant sum (G.
Gantulga, O. Azjargal, and. J. Hartwig)..........................................................................138
16.1 Introduction........................................................................................................138
16.2 Results of Household Survey..............................................................................142
16.2.1 Socio-Ethnical Structure and Spatial Organization.............................142
16.2.2 Economic Structure and Crop Marketing ................................................143
16.2.3 Legal Situation in Land Rights and Water Distribution ..........................146
16.2.4 Perceptions on the Physical Environment of the Buyant River Delta......148
16.2.5 Important Issues for Improving Crop Farming, Expectations from a
Development Project Supporting Irrigated Agriculture and additional Ideas and
Questions asked from the Research Team ...........................................................148
16.3 Summary............................................................................................................149
17. Evaluation ofMarketing Research in the Project Area and the Importance of
Irrigated Agriculture to Improve Livelihoods and reduce Poverty (J. Hartwigand A.
Ankhtuya)......................................................................................................................150
17.1 Organization of Crop Farmers.............................................................................150
17.2 Crop farming for household and market needs....................................................151
17.3 Crop Marketing...................................................................................................152
17.4 Storing of Crops..................................................................................................157
17.5 Crop Processing..................................................................................................157
17.6 Proposals to support Irrigation Agriculture in the Buyant River Delta.................158
17.7 Summary ............................................................................................................159
F. Conclusions and Recommendations (J. Janzen and J. Hartwig)...................162
G. Bibliography....................................................................................................168
H. Annexes............................................................................................................170
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