Enhancing Livelihoods of Vegetable Growers in Mongolia through Sustainable Growth of Vegetable Sector - GCP/MON/023/SWI
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Despite steadily growing production and consumption, the vegetable sector was not self-sufficient in Mongolia. The sector was affected by challenges in production, storage, processing, marketing, and the legal framework. Ensuring farmers’ access to quality, affordable seeds and planting materials of the most suitable crop varieties was essential to improve food security and nutrition, as well as the livelihoods of farming communities. However, the absence of appropriate legislation limited the country’s ability to provide smallholders with adequate access to quality seeds of the crops most suited to their farming systems, contexts and needs. In addition, although the application of good agricultural practices (GAP) was mandatory for all vegetable producers in Mongolia, vegetable producers did not appear to be aware of this requirement. It was therefore necessary to provide capacity building for GAP certification bodies, auditors, field workers, and farm assurers, to ensure that GAP were embedded as an integral part of the country’s vegetable farming system. Against this background, the project aimed to enhance the legal environment for the agriculture sector and organic food and to strengthen stakeholders’ capacities to implement GAP.