NEWS FROM GOBI-ALTAI

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ Gobi-Altai aimag's Khaliun soum has started a preparation for planting on 300 hectares area. It is expected that six entities, 120 families and five organizations will plant potatoes and vegs on 100 hectares, sea-buckthorn, dwarf apple and apricot--on 30 hectares, barley--on eight hectares, and green fodder--on 60 hectares. ** ** ** A governor of the aimag's Bayan-Uul soum has done many works to improve breeds of livestock. This spring, a total of 50 baby goats were born from 50 goats with a help of making an artificial insemination with deep-frozen sperms of the dairy cattle breeds. ** ** ** Proposals have been offered to investors to urgently implement 15 projects out of 126 for implementing the long-term developmental plan of Bayan-Uul soum. In the first turn, the projects should be realized for connecting the soum's center with fiber-optical cable, increasing number of cell phones and of fenced farm lands, for combating pests, establishing wool processing workshop, bathroom, for repairing school buildings, with financing of MNT 791 million. B.Khuder