Mongolian Prime Minister N. Uchral met participants in the “Modern Herder” project. The reality show was created on a private-sector initiative to introduce the work of herders, the value of livestock farming and traditional culture to the public, especially young people.
Uchral said the project’s content is planned to expand and be implemented as a nationwide programme. Its aim is to increase the returns from herders’ work.
Plans include expanding feed production and reserves, fattening young livestock with nutritious feed, improving breeds, and raising livestock productivity and herders’ incomes. The programme is also intended to improve animal health, vaccination and origin records, and connect local collection and primary-processing centres with refrigeration, storage and transport.
The programme will measure pasture capacity and support rotational grazing, restoration and shared management, while improving access to wells and water points. High-speed internet is to be connected to 200,000 herder households, with services delivered in ways suited to a nomadic lifestyle.
The project’s initiators said it aims to show how traditional herding knowledge can be combined with modern advances to improve the benefits of herders’ work. They said participants are demonstrating through experience that Mongolia’s livestock sector can shift from quantity to quality and make herding work profitable over the long term.
The prime minister congratulated the top participants and urged them to encourage young people to enter livestock farming and combine traditional knowledge with new technology and business practices.
