MONGOLIA: Government policy on food security and NUTRITION

1. ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGIONAL FORUM “NUTRITION-SENSITIVE FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY” BANGKOK, THAILAND 7-8 DECEMBER 2011 MONGOLIA: Government policy on food security and NUTRITION T.Erdenejargal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light industry, Mongolia

2. Outline • Country profile • Overview of the sector • Current food and nutrition situation • Government policy and legislation on agriculture and food security • National programmes and projects • Programmatic actions to improve food and nutrition • Successful scaling up cases

3. Country profile • Location: East and Central Asia, between China and Russia • Area: 1.6 million sq.km. /5th biggest in Asia/ • Population & density: 2.7 million, 1.7 persons/km • Climate: Extreme continental with short summer • Literacy rate: 97.8%.

4. Overview of Food and Agriculture and light industry sector • Produces over 40 percent of the total GDP and employed 64.8 percent of total work force. • The economic growth of Mongolia is being defined by production growth of livestock, crop production and industrial sectors. • Consists of 4 subsectors- Animal husbandry, crop production, food processing and light industry.

5. LIVESTOCK SUB-SECTOR Engaged 261,574 people Generates export revenue: 207.0 mln USD Total: 42 mln.heads in 2011 • Goat45. 0%18.9 • Sheep44.0%18.5 • Cattle5.4%2.3 • Horse4.7% 2.0 • Camel 0.7% 0.3 Annual production: • 204.400 meat • 22.000 MT sheep wool • 6000 MT of goat cashmere • 1300 MT of camel wool • 1300 MT of yak hair • 400.000 pieces of cattle hide • 300.000 pieces of horse hide • 3.3 mln pieces of sheep skin • 3.6 mln pieces of goat skin • 600 mln litre raw milk annually. .

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7. LEGAL ACTS, POLICY PAPER RELATED TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE • National Security Policy of Mongolia/State Great Khural resolution №48, 2010 • “Food Law” /Under revision/ • Plant protection law • Animal genetic and health law • “Standardization and measurement assessment law” • Law on agricultural commodity exchange • Comprehensive National Development Strategy (2008) • Government Policy on Food and Agricultural Sector (2003-2015) • Development Strategy of Agricultural Sector (2006-2015)

8. On-going government programs on food, agriculture and nutrition • “National Food security Programme” -2009-2016 • Green revolution” programme • “School lunch programme” • “Combating Iodine deficiency programme” • “National programme on industrialization” • “National Livestock programme” • “Seabukthorn National programme “ • National programme for NCD prevention and control; Strategy on Diet and Physical Activity; Strategy on Micronutrient Deficiencies

9. “NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME” Approved: by Government in Feb, 2009. Goal:provide the population with constant, regular and equal supply of nutritious and safe food; create conditions to improve health and labor efficiency. The programme contains: • 4 priority goals • 13 objectives • 77 activities

10. NFSP of Mongolia 4 priority goals • Establish favorable economic, legislation and organizational environment to ensure food supply, quality and safety; • Increase the proportion of industrially processed products in food consumption; provide stable and constant supply of sufficient, nutritious and safe food; • Ensure hygiene and safety of drinking water and food products, improve information system; • Improve nutritional value of food products, support healthy diet and decrease nutritional deficiencies, prevent from common non-communicable diseases.

11. Priority goal I MOFALI 2.5 times higher 30% Strategic food Crop seeds reserves reserves Animal feed reserves Change to consistent methodology, management and information structure and organizational system for food security system

12. Priority goal II Intensive Farmer no less than 8000 cows Processed milk production20.0 thous.tones 2012 Processed meat production 50.0thous.tones Meat export 20.0 thous.tones To meet 100% of meat, milk, flour, potato and vegetables demand by local production To meet 10-15% of butter, fish, vegetable oil demand by local production

13. Wheat reserve to be reached 35% of total demand 2012 Maintain 10-14 days reserve of flour, rice and sugar Improve crop variety and rotation Irrigated crop field to reach 53.0thous.ha(25% of total field) Reduce use of conventional fallow making system by 20 percent Cover 25% of total soums (small administrative unit) in food distribution chain

16. Efforts in mobilizing funding resources

17. Crop III campaign Goal: create suitable legal, financial, market enabling environments for crop producers, to provide sustainable supply of safe food to the population by development of intensive crop production, eliminate import dependency. Budget: 47 mln USD for 3 years from state Supplied machineries: 144 combine harvester, 401 tractors of 120-250 hp, 831 trailers and other attachments.

18. Initial level Objectiveslevel

19. Crop III campaign achievement Increase of production: • Wheat2.8 fold • potato 80.6 percent • vegetable 28.5 percent • Decrease in import • Wheat2.5fold • potato 4 folds • Flour 2 folds Self-sufficiency rate in 2011: • Wheat 100 % • potato100 % • vegetable 62.3 % • Export of 100, 000 tonnes of wheat

20. NATIONAL LIVESTOCK PROGRAMME 2010-2021 • Livestock husbandry is a distinctive livelihood practice in Mongolia, the heritage of which is valued on a world scale. Livestock is a renewable resource and one of the country’s main economic pillars and the basis for Mongolia’s sustainable development. • The Mongolian Constitution (1992) stated “The livestock of the country is national wealth and subject to state protection”. • “State policy toward herders” to improve wellbeing of the herders by providing better access to social services and by lifting their living standard.

21. NATIONAL LIVESTOCK PROGRAMME 2010-2021 • Annual budget- 3 percent of the state budget • Improve animal health and productivity /obtain of FMD free status, application of livestock identification system/ • Improve livestock product marketing

22. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -2011 Mongolian food- Mongolia soil consultative meeting initiated by the PM

23. Government actions -2011 Amendment to “Food Law” • Integrated policy and coordination on foods – National council /Chaired by Prime minister/ • Proper distribution of rights and responsibilities: - Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry – Supply of secure food to consumers / production and importation/ - Minister of Health – healthy and safe diet “Trade law” newly drafted • Implement international standards in trade, establish food quality control from suppliers and producers to customers • Restrict hand to hand trading • Increase responsibility and accountability of traders • Government coordination to prevent low quality and unsafe foods supply to the market Approval of “Agricultural commodity exchange”

24. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -2011 Meeting with wheat flour, milk and meat producers and processors • Approval the list of food, agricultural machineries and spare parts for SME to be exempted customs tariff and VAT. • Exemption of VAT on domestically produced, processed wheat, flour, milk & milk products, meat carcasses, graded meat and by-products. • Increasein import tax on onion, cabbage, carrot, and flour

25. Mongolia Food Security Forum, June, 2011

26. FALL GREEN DAYS

27. Scaling up of ISFP project approach PROMOTION OF SMALL SCALE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IS KEY INSTRUMENT

28. Scaling up of ISFP project approach • MOFALI- Ulaanbaatar Mayor’s office • MOU signing for the creation of 20.000 job for vulnerable sub-urban residents to promote vegetable growing for increased income and improved nutrition availability. • Allocation of 40 ha for organized groups 800 poor households headed by active job seeker. • Allocation of 160 ha for 4000 people employed in 53 organization and enterprises affiliated to UB Mayor office. • Green revolution National programme • Subsidy to tractors, plastic tunnels with drip irrigation • potato and vegetables seeds • Simple tools for vegetable growing • Exemption of tax imposed on farm machinery • Launch of Seabuckthorn national programme • Distribution of bushes, nursery trees .

29. PROMOTION OF SMALL-SCALE VEGETABLE GROWING

30. EU FOOD FACILITY PROJECTS • Mongolia-FAO-EU • Enhancing Food and Nutrition Security for Vulnerable Segments of the Population of Mongolia • Budget : 1.7 million USD • 1854 direct beneficiaries: 830 (full support) + 1024 (seed support) • Duration: October 2010 – September 2013

31. EU FOOD FACILITY PROJECTS Mongolia-Caritas France-EU • “Food security project based on innovative approach” Beneficiaries: 1000 poor households or 5000 people

32. Milk project Milk project

33. FURTHER ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY • Create independent professional agency for planning, implementation, management, control and evaluation of policy and activities of food security; • Accelerate the implementation of NFSP • Scaling up of successful cases of projects by facilitating land access to poor and vulnerable people for improved food and nutrition supply • Support fair trade, protect consumer health by implementing Codex and international standards to production and trade chain

34. FURTHER ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY • Implement programmes to increase public awareness and education on food and nutrition • Contribute to world food supply and security with the naturally organic food products.

35. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION