3. Same & Different
• People
– Understanding
Oats Mexican Style
– Respect
• Desires
• Agriculture
–Basics same
–How it’s done
4. • Networking
Contacts
• Many venues – Govt. funded projects
– NGOs • FAS
• Faith-based
• Social-based • USAID
• Agricultural-based
• Familiar with: • FAO
– Hunger Relief International
– FARM • UNICEF
– Vet Net
– JCS
– Sembradores de Cristo
5. • Websites to check out Learning About
– U.S. State Department the Country
• http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw
/cis_pa_tw_1168.html
– Central Intelligence
Agency
• https://www.cia.gov/library/publication
s/the-world-factbook/index.html
• Safety in travel—listen to host
• Mexico
– Population: 114,975,406
– Mean age: 27
– Language: Spanish
– Landmass: 1,964,375 sq km
• Mongolia
– Population: 1,300,000
– Mean age: 26
– Language: Mongolian, Russian
– Landmass: 1,564,116 sq km
6. Deciding How to Help
• Your expertise
• Clientele’s needs
– Their perception of needs
– Your perceptions
– Discuss prior to visit
– Flexibility
• Adjust after seeing
• Don’t show up with a
ridged plan
• Be prepared
7. Sticking With It
• Few need just one visit
– First visits are often
• Relationship building
• Fact finding & planning
• Some addressing of needs
– Successive visits
• Building trust
• Addressing needs
• You’ll need to consider
– Don’t spread yourself too thin
– How to fund visits
• Sources
– Clientele
– Agencies
– Self
8. Word of Caution
Be on the look out for craziness in your
traveling companions
10. A LAND BETWEEN TWO GIANTS
1206 1924
Mongolia Formed by Chinggis Khan Mongolian People’s Republic
1279 1987
Kublai Khan Conquers China Relations Opened with U.S.
1691-1910 1990
Mongolia Controlled by China Mongolia Becomes Independent
Parliamentary Republic
1912-1919
Russian Protectorate
1919-1921
China Controls Mongolia
1921
Mongolia Claims Independence
18. A HEALTHY AGRICULTURE SYSTEM IS VITAL
Abundant inexpensive food stabilizes societies
Mongolia is an FAO low income food deficit country
Secure food system means a secure country
Mongolia exports meat and imports food crops
26. AGRICULTURE A DRIVING FORCE
AGRICULTURE
is Complex and Difficult to Address
FOOD PRODUCTION
is Tied to Technology Adoption
AGRICULTURE
Has a Large Multiplication Effect
27. 2012 PLANS
OSU Study Abroad Course
Introduce Students to Mongolia
Natural
Culture Industries
Resources
FARM Service Work
Drip Possible
Irrigation Variety
Project Trials
MIU Service Work
Turf Test Plots
28. References & Acknowledgements
http://tinyurl.com/24p4f8h
Historical information
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_
pa_tw_1168.html Cultural information
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th
e-world-factbook/index.html Geographic information
Special thanks to Orgilbayar Zorigt Mongolia
International University for several slides
Hinweis der Redaktion
Extreme continental climateAverage temp 26oFWinter (8 mo)Summer (100-120 days)257 clear days/yearDry (8 to 9 inches/year) Climate a result ofLand-locked between China & SiberiaHigh altitude average 5,214 ft. elevationClimatic regions N to S includeTaiga, Steppe, Desert
1206 Mongolia formed by Chinggis Khan1279-1368 Kublai Khan conquers & rules ChinaMuch of Europe & Asia conquered1691-1910 Mongolia controlled by China1912-19 Russian protectorate1919-21 China controls Mongolia1921 Mongolia claims independence from China1924 Mongolian People’s republic (a communist regime)1987 relations opened with U.S.1990 Mongolia becomes independent parliamentary republic
Mongolian agriculture:preferred herding to growing cropsProduction ofMeat-Milk-Fiber productsDuring Chinggis Khan’s timeFarming and farmers held in low regardBut . . .Once advantages realizedFarming was actually encouraged
2005-2007 hunger increasedPrimarily due to rising food costsPeople at highest risk for hungerPoor in developing countriesHunger health risksReduced caloric intakeReduced dietary diversity2002 UNICEF nutritional surveyHigh % of young Mongolian women & children had micronutrient deficienciesSerious risk for health problems
Secure food systemMeans a secure countryMongolia Net exporter of meatLong history of animal productionImporter of food cropsWheatFruits & VegetablesIt’s evident from historyAbundant inexpensive food stabilizes societiesMongolia is currently listed as:FAO low income food deficit country
Dornod is in eastern MongoliaDuring Russian eraMajor production areaCollective farmsNatural resourcesGood soilsWater from rivers & lakesKOICA project atMr. Hwang working on site in Khalkhgol
FARM: Family Agriculture Resources MongoliaMongolian NGOAgronomistsTeaching displaced herders fruit & vegetable farming3 yr processObtain 15 acres from Govt.Teach farming, food preservation, marketingForm cooperative at end of training
Ag is complex & difficult to addressIncludes host of related systems & disciplinesFood production tied to:Adoption of technologiesMechanizationIrrigationImproved geneticsCrop cultureBecause it’s complexAgriculture has a large multiplication effect
OSU study abroad courseIntroduce students to MongoliaCultureNatural resourcesIndustriesService work with FARMEducational programDrip irrigation projectPossible variety trialsMIU short coursesProtective clothing courseOthers?