Mongolian Pm Urges Promotion of Traditional Farming

Mongolian PM urges promotion of traditional farmingBishkek (AKIpress) - Prime Minister of Mongolia Chimed Saikhanbileg invited Minister of Food and Agriculture Radnaa Burmaa and Minister of Finance Bayarbaatar to discuss approaches of supporting economic prosperity by focusing on other sectors than mining.

Economy should not decline depending on only one sector, the PM said. The two alternative key economic sectors are construction and agriculture, especially animal farming, he added.

He suggested supporting livestock herders with same method as the government is promoting construction sector with mortgage loans. Same methods are applying to animal farming sphere in a form of the Makh (meat) Program aimed to increase meat exports, and one-time...