Speaker D.Demberel has been meeting with herders and
visiting new construction projects during his visit to Duut and Mankhan soums
of Khovd aimag. Herders have told him that the price of cashmere and camel wool
is rising and meat sales are also good. 
They want the Government to adopt a long-term policy to generate
employment in the animal husbandry sector so that young people’s future may be
secure.

Herders also feel the Government
should enforce regulatory measures on use of pastureland, and reorganize, if
necessary, the administrative machinery of soums to ensure better performance.

Demberel explained how Parliament
has been working to help herders. It has adopted the Mongol Livestock program
and decided to set up an agricultural goods exchange. A nationally applicable
law on pasture land use may not be feasible as different aimags and even soums
have different types of land. He did not rule out such a law but said this can
be done only after careful consideration.