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ProjectMongolia Animal Health and Veterinary Services Support - TCP/MON/3607 2020
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No results found.A key objective of the Government of Mongolia is toincrease economic growth from livestock resources andfrom meat exports, including heat-processed products.Animals, both domestic and wild, play an important role ingenerating sustainable income. Meat, dairy, wool,cashmere and leather raw materials are produced fromgoats, sheep, yak, cattle, camels and horses for furtherprocessing, while wild animals are important both fortourism and in terms of national heritage. In addition,meat exports are critical to managing pressure on pasturelands due to overpopulation/overgrazing of livestock.Animal diseases, as well as the challenges surroundingtheir prevention and control, are well established asthe main impediment to the sustainable development ofthe livestock sector. This is directly associated with thecapacity of the national veterinary services to minimizethe animal disease burden and promote animal health.Nevertheless, Mongolia’s services are currently underextreme pressure, facing animal diseases that are liableto limit trade. The large number of livestock creates high demand forveterinary services. With increasing exports, the highdemand for veterinary services may need to grow furtherto allow compliance with certification inspection,international health standards, quarantines, etc.A number of initiatives have been undertaken in Mongoliaby the Government and its development partners. Forinstance, there are areas of the country free fromFoot-and-mouth disease (FMD) that comply with thestandards of the World Organisation for Animal Health(OIE), an animal identification database is in place, witha number of companies selling ear tags and electronicmonitoring chips, while there is also a draft veterinarydrug residue detection plan. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetMongolia: Belgium’s contribution through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA) – Anticipatory Action window 2023
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No results found.In Mongolia, the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of weather extremes such as the harsh winter (dzud), drought, snow and dust storms, heavy rainfall and flooding have tripled in the last decade, heavily impacting traditional livestock-based livelihoods. In 2022, according to the National Agrometeorological Services, 50 percent of the country’s territory experienced a moisture deficit in the summer season. Coupled with early snowfall and below-average temperature forecasts, this resulted in 59 percent of the country being at high risk of dzud. Following these early warning signs, and thanks to the Government of Belgium’s contribution to the SFERA – Anticipatory Action window, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Government of Mongolia put in place Anticipatory Action measures to mitigate a potential massive livestock mortality in 11 provinces at high risk of dzud. FAO will provide cash transfers to help households procure fodder at reduced government rates and ensure their livelihood is protected during dzud. The reduced rates will come in the form of a 50 percent discount on hay and fodder from the state emergency reserve to vulnerable herder households in 158 soums/administrative divisions. -
ProjectEmergency Assistance for the Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in Central and Western Regions of Mongolia - TCP/MON/3701 2020
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No results found.Foot and Mouth Disease ( is a highly contagious transboundary animal disease ( which affects not only animals, but also livelihoods and markets through severe economic impacts Mongolia has a nomadic livestock production system with a large FMD susceptible population, consisting of around 30 million sheep, 27 million goats, 4 million head of cattle, 0 4 million camel and a few pigs In recent years, the country has made great efforts to control FMD However, the introduction and spread of the virus has remained a constant threat for livestock in Mongolia, as both neighbouring countries, Russia and China, have regularly reported outbreaks over the last years Between 2000 and 2017 a total of 14 FMD outbreaks occurred in Mongolia, mainly in the eastern part of the country, but the disease was not as yet endemic In 2017 an emerging FMD epidemic was first reported near the southeastern international border with China The virus was confirmed by the State Central Veterinary Laboratory ( as serotype O By March 2018 the disease had spread widely and deeply in the country, including the capital city and 13 aimags and about 44 soums and became endemic in eastern Mongolia In view of this, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry MoFALI requested that FAO provide technical assistance to improve livestock health through the effective control, containment and prevention of outbreak of new cases of FMD in the eastern region, and avoidance of the spread in the central and western parts of the country.
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