Mongolian ‘meatsheep’ programme bears little fruit

30/10/2002

Meat exporters in Mongolia are sceptical of assertions by the Mongolian Ministry of Finance and Economy that more meat will be shipped from the country this year.

The Government’s early attempts to intensify livestock production have, so far, produced little results. The artificial insemination programme for producing ‘meat sheep’ involved around 200 sheep, resulting in the birth of 100 lambs in spring 2002.