Pastoral Ecosystem Management
The two main areas Green Gold is pursuing are the transformation of open access to pastureland into a controlled management system led by Pasture-User Groups and accelerated livestock marketing to reduce the stocking rate. In order to address these issues, Green Gold focuses on the following goal: To enable communities of herders to preserve, protect and nurture enduring pasture ecosystems to underpin sustainable livelihoods. Phase III is aimed at achieving four outcomes. Outcome 1 will continue with research to identify strategies and technologies for restoring pastures and preventing their decline, research education, improve knowledge sharing, and harmonise scientific standards. Outcome 2 will continue to advocate for policy and legislation to protect pastures while working to improve the implementation and coordination capabilities of the government and development partners. Outcome 3 will focus on scaling up the herder collective-action model to limit the open-access issue in pastureland use to more soums. Outcome 4 will seek to improve livestock productivity and marketing by closely cooperating with the Livestock Project and the Marketing Opportunities for Rural Entrepreneurs Project, both of which are supported by SOC. A state agreement between SDC and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry
Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
---|---|---|---|
Mongolia |
Agriculture & food security Climate change and environment
Agricultural research
Agriculture value-chain development (til 2016) Biosphere protection |
01.01.2010
- 31.12.2012 |
CHF 6’100’000
|
- Agroscope
- Swiss Private Sector
-
Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation AGRICULTURE
OTHER MULTISECTOR
GENERAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Agricultural research
Rural development
Biosphere protection
Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
Finance type Aid grant
Tied/untied aid Untied aid
Project number 7F03461
Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
Credit area |
Development cooperation |
Project partners |
Contract partner |
Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 6’100’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 6’025’081 |
Project phases |
Phase 4
01.01.2013
- 31.12.2016
(Completed)
Phase 3 01.01.2010 - 31.12.2012 (Completed) |