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FAO/GIEWS Global Watch
4 February 2010
Mongolia: Livestock losses, rising food insecurity due to extreme cold
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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT
- Extreme cold weather and snow blizzards (Dzud) are causing heavy losses of livestock affecting large number of households in rural areas.
- Official estimate puts 2009 wheat harvest at a record level of 388 000 tonnes.
- With bumper crop wheat imports in 2009/10 would be reduced significantly from its usual high levels.
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GIEWS Country Brief on Mongolia
FAO Press Release: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/39634/icode/
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