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MONGOLIA Cachemire 4 © Pearly Jacob Linking the improvement in nomadic herding practices to sustainable cashmere production in the Gobi Desert Pearly Jacob Fighting against pasture degradation in the Gobi Desert by proposing to develop a sustainable and environmentally-friendly sector for cashmere in which it is produced. CONTEXTE ET OBJECTIFS 01/01/2015 31/12/2019 Bayankhongor Province is located in south-west Mongolia, the Project start Project end Great Lakes region, in the far north of the Gobi Desert. It is date date characterized by a semi-arid territory mainly covered by a desert steppe with sparse vegetation, and by the presence of 03/12/2014 lakes and rivers, which can dry up certain years when there is Project grant a low level of rainfall. The area has a continental climate and date experiences extreme temperatures (in both winter and Mongolie summer). Average annual rainfall stands at 100 mm. Location The project comes in addition to the “Sustainable Cashmere” Land degradation and project financed by the European Union on the baghs of Jinst er chemical pollutants Bogd and implemented by AVSF from 2014 to 2016, by adding sector(s) 3 soums: Shinejinst, Bombogor and Baatsagaan. subvention Financing Tool(s) 3 598 797 EUR DESCRIPTION Amount of the program Including FFEM funding The project area covers 5 soums (Mongolian territorial unit equivalent to a French department), especially selected for 1 200 000 EUR their complementarity in terms of agroecological areas and Amount of FFEM funding issues related to raising cashmere goats: 4 ans - Bombogor: 3,044 km² - 2,584 inhabitants Duration of funding - Baatsagaan: 5,395 km² - 3,599 inhabitants - Jinst: 5,313 km² - 2,023 inhabitants AVSF - Bogd: 3,993 km² - 2,900 inhabitants Beneficiaries - Shinejinst: 16,501 km² - 2,187 inhabitants Cofinanceur(s) The total surface area of the zone stands at 34,246 km², i.e. Ministère de l'Agriculture et de over 3 million hectares. The project creates pilot areas, where l'Alimentation local actors are more interested and have greater potential Ministry for Europe and Foreign than elsewhere, with the ultimate goal of replicating the Affairs models developed by the projects, on the basis of successful Institution responsible examples, in each soum. The project is based on 4 components: Implementation and dissemination of improved nomadic herding practices Capacity building for local non-state actors, in order to promote sustainable agriculture and agricultural production Creation of a sustainable cashmere sector Project management and dissemination of results.

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