MONGOLIA: GOVERNMENT POLICY ON FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGIONAL FORUM “NUTRITION-SENSITIVE FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY” BANGKOK, THAILAND 7-8 DECEMBER 2011

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

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

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.

LIVESTOCK SUB-SECTOR Engaged 261,574 people Generates export revenue: mln USD 42 mln.heads in 2011 Total: 42 mln.heads in %  Goat 45. 0% %  Sheep 44.0% %  Cattle 5.4% %  Horse 4.7% %  Camel 0.7% 0.3 Annual production: meat MT sheep wool 6000 MT of goat cashmere 1300 MT of camel wool 1300 MT of yak hair pieces of cattle hide pieces of horse hide 3.3 mln pieces of sheep skin 3.6 mln pieces of goat skin 600 mln litre raw milk annually..

Domestic food production in mln $ Food import in mln $ Food export Increased 2,2 percent or 64 mln $ Food aid 3 mln $ FOOD SUPPLY h

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 ( ) Development Strategy of Agricultural Sector ( )

On-going government programs on food, agriculture and nutrition   “National Food security Programme”  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

“NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME” Approved: by Government in Feb, 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

NFSP of Mongolia 4 priority goals 1. Establish favorable economic, legislation and organizational environment to ensure food supply, quality and safety; 2. Increase the proportion of industrially processed products in food consumption; provide stable and constant supply of sufficient, nutritious and safe food; 3. Ensure hygiene and safety of drinking water and food products, improve information system; 4. Improve nutritional value of food products, support healthy diet and decrease nutritional deficiencies, prevent from common non-communicable diseases.

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

Intensive Farmer no less than 8000 cows Processed milk production 20.0 thous.tones Intensive Farmer no less than 8000 cows Processed milk production 20.0 thous.tones Processed meat production 50.0 thous.tones Meat export 20.0 thous.tones Processed meat production 50.0 thous.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 Priority goal II

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

PRIORITY GOAL III Comply with CAC standards Create quality control system for imported foods Develop consistent control system for every step from soil to table Certification of 20% of business enterprises for GAP, GHP, GMPs, HACCP Enhance control and monitoring of toxic chemical residues in food and raw materials

- Develop standards and education programmes on nutrition - Create education centers and therapeutic and prophylactic dietary places for young children Decrease Vitamin D deficiency by 1.2 times Protein, energy deficiency, anemia, vitamin A deficiency by 1.5 times Iodine deficiency by 3 times - Increase the production of functional and fortified foods by 50% - Provide public welfare discount cards for vulnerable groups with nutritional deficiencies - Creation of social care center to provide meal for poor, vulnerable, orphans, disables and aged people - Develop selection criteria for food and meal serving shops and food service facilities of vulnerable groups PRIORITY GOAL IV

Efforts in mobilizing funding resources

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 hp, 831 trailers and other attachments.

Initial level Objectives level

Crop III campaign achievement Increase of production: Wheat 2.8 fold potato 80.6 percent vegetable28.5 percent Decrease in import Wheat 2.5 fold potato 4 folds Flour 2 folds Self-sufficiency rate in 2011: Wheat 100 % potato 100 % vegetable62.3 % Export of 100, 000 tonnes of wheat

NATIONAL LIVESTOCK PROGRAMME 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.

NATIONAL LIVESTOCK PROGRAMME 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

“NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME, revised in April 2011 Crop III campaign “Milk programme Ecological clean product programme GOVERNMENT ACTIONS Mongolian food- Mongolia soil consultative meeting initiated by the PM

Government actions 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”

GOVERNMENT ACTIONS 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. Increase in import tax on onion, cabbage, carrot, and flour

Mongolia Food Security Forum, June, 2011

FALL GREEN DAYS

Scaling up of ISFP project approach Increased food availability Increased household income Increased food diversification Increased Potato and Vegetable Production Improve household livelihood Enhance food and nutrition security PROMOTION OF SMALL SCALE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IS KEY INSTRUMENT

Scaling up of ISFP project approach MOFALI- Ulaanbaatar Mayor’s office ◦ MOU signing for the creation of 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.

PROMOTION OF SMALL-SCALE VEGETABLE GROWING

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) (seed support) Duration: October 2010 – September 2013

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

Milk project

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

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. FURTHER ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY

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