World Bank Group2015-12-152015-12-152015-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23354The magnitude of risks facing Mongolian agriculture has made the sector’s development extraordinarily volatile over the last 25 years as it underwent decollectivization. Livestock in particular has seen rapid and largely unsustainable rates of growth in terms of numbers of animals and herders, and in so doing has become acutely vulnerable to the severe winter weather events known as dzuds. Periodic droughts and other production risks have also affected the country’s much smaller crop agriculture, much of which is geared for the production of feeds. And price volatility poses serious systemic risks which affect large proportions of the rural population. This study was undertaken to assess the systemic risks facing Mongolian agriculture and to identify gaps in current risk management practices within the sector.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOFEEDSFEED RESOURCESPASTORAL LIFEOVERGRAZINGLIVESTOCK DISEASESPOULTRYFODDER PRODUCTIONFAUNALIVE ANIMALSANIMAL POPULATIONSBIRDSSMALL HERDSLIVESTOCK LOSSLIVESTOCK HERDERSFARMERMILKLIVESTOCK GROUPSLIVEWEIGHT PRICESHERDERSNATIONAL HERDANIMAL PRICESLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONWOOLHERD LOSSESGRAZING CAPACITYANIMALSLIVESTOCK INSURANCEANIMAL LOSSESMEAT PRICEPOULTRY MEATLIVESTOCK MOVEMENTSADEQUATE WATERGRAZING PRESSUREGRAZING LANDEXTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLIVESTOCK MANAGEMENTSTOCK LOSSESREINDEERNOMADIC PASTORALISMLIVESTOCK UNITSPASTURE QUALITYHERDSGRAZINGANIMAL HEALTHLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPARABLE LANDFROZEN MEATMILK PRODUCTIONLIVE WEIGHTHERDINGRANGELANDNATURAL PASTUREDROUGHT PREPAREDNESSPASTURE MANAGEMENTABATTOIRSSHEEPLIVESTOCK NUMBERSBIODIVERSITYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSFATTENINGANIMAL NUTRITIONLIVESTOCK PRICESHERD OWNERSCATTLE NUMBERSLIVESTOCK PRODUCERSLIVESTOCK FODDERLIVESTOCKSLAUGHTERINGLIVESTOCK OUTPUTCOMMUNAL GRAZINGFODDER CROPSFORAGELIVESTOCK HUSBANDRYRANGELANDSFORAGE PRODUCTIONLIVESTOCK SPECIESBEEFLIVESTOCK FARMINGLIVESTOCK UNITCEREAL PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYLIVESTOCK SECTORLIVESTOCK SUB-SECTORPASTURE AVAILABILITYMUTTONNOMADIC HERDERSSUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONCAMELSHERD COMPOSITIONGRAZING AREAMEAT PRICESCATTLEFOOD SAFETY STANDARDSPEST MANAGEMENTFODDER SUPPLYFODDERANIMAL HUSBANDRYMEAT PRODUCTSFOODHERD MANAGEMENTCATTLE PRICESPRIVATE VETERINARIANSDOMESTIC DEMANDPASTURE PRODUCTIONVACCINESSTOCKING RATESHORSESLIVESTOCK OWNERSHERD SIZEHORSEBEEF PRODUCTIONDISEASE CONTROLLIVESTOCK FARMERSFARMFODDER CROP PRODUCTIONBREEDINGWILD ANIMALSFOOD SAFETYFARMSDROUGHT RISKMEATFEEDPASTORALISTSDISEASE RISKVETERINARIANSANIMALSHEEP MEATANIMALS LIVESTOCKPASTURESDOMESTIC ANIMALSCOWSPIGLIVESTOCK DISEASENATIONAL LIVESTOCKGOATSBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONLIVESTOCK COMMODITIESLIVESTOCK POPULATIONSFORAGE CROPSReportWorld Bank10.1596/23354