Increased variety of fruit to be grown in Mongolia

Thanks to Mongolian agriculturists, Mongolia was able to fully meet domestic demands for wheat and potatoes. Beginning this year, the government is aiming to meet domestic fruit and vegetable demands as well, with crops grown on Mongolian soil.

This spring, the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture (MIA) distributed 770,000 sea buckthorn saplings and 60,000 strawberry seeds to individual agriculturists and businesses, to cover a planned 1.4 hectares of land. Select growers were given five year loans to maintain their projects.

The MIA also plans to provide 11 storage facilities capable of flash freezing fruit for improved quality of storage, and to provide domestic fruit growers with 52 complex synthetic greenhouses. Two types of greenhouses will be provided, and each will cover 14.1 thousand square meters of land.

Growing sea buckthorn, gooseberry and red bilberry has become quite popular. However, the government is focused on increased efforts to grow other fruits that will suit the Mongolian climate, such as apples, plums, cherries, raspberries and strawberries.

The MIA is sponsoring a project competition for those who are willing to grow fruits that are uncommon in Mongolia, and manufacture their by-products.

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