- Mongolia has around 170,000 herding families and 130,000 farming families, with livestock production making up 86.5% of agricultural output. - The document discusses ICT projects in Mongolia including a system providing market and price information to nomadic communities, and an integrated voice response system providing information via SMS and phone calls. - Lessons learned include that while ICT shows promise, connectivity and costs can limit rural usage, and content and technologies must be tailored to users' needs to address digital divides.

1. ICT4RL session at IFAD event, Nanning, China, 1-3 Nov 2010 B.Batpurev CEO, InfoCon Co.,Ltd Email: [email_address] / Website: www.infocon.mn Mongolia

2. Mongolian Rural families Herders – 170,000 families or 400,000 people 60% are young people below 35 years old Farmers – 130,000 families or 300,000 people Mongolia: Land - 1,564,115.75 km 2 ; Population - 2,736,800 ; GDP (ppp) per capita - US$3,481

3. Mongolian Agriculture sector in a glance Source: Dugarjav Ganpurev, FIFTA

4. Harvested Area and Collected Harvest of Wheat The output of livestock production comprises 86.5% of the total output of agricultural production Source: Dugarjav Ganpurev, FIFTA

5. Planted Field and Collected Harvest of Potatoes The output of livestock production comprises 86.5% of the total output of agricultural production Source: Dugarjav Ganpurev, FIFTA

6. Planted Field and Collected Harvest of Vegetables The output of livestock production comprises 86.5% of the total output of agricultural production

7. Policy documents and national programs in Agriculture sector The output of livestock production comprises 86.5% of the total output of agricultural production

8. Examples of ICT4RL projects…

9. Prepares fortnightly report on pasture and agriculture land Growth of Pasture land 100kg / hector Tickness of snow , centimeter Pasture land usage/grazed