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Table 3.23 State-owned companies, by sector, 2020
Energy
Company: National Center for Renewable Energy SOE
Percentage of state ownership: 100

Company: Egiin Gol Hydro Power Plant JSC
Percentage of state ownership: 100

Table 3.23 State-owned companies, by sector, 2020
Resorts
Company: Mongolian Kuwait Environmental Protection Center SOE
Percentage of state ownership: 100

3.130. Since 2008, the Government has been working to introduce international best practices in public procurement by improving its relevant laws and regulations. (...)The most recent amendments entered into force in 2019, and introduced significant changes to the public procurement process by: (i) implementing a preconditioned procurement procedure and a "green procurement" concept [128]

[128] According to the authorities, the concept of green procurement includes purchasing goods and services designed or designated to ensure: (i) the efficient use of energy and natural resources; (ii) the sustainability of ecosystem services; and (iii) climate change adaptation.

3.152. The Law on Crop Varieties and Seeds, as amended in 2011, regulates matters related to preserving the crop gene pool, testing and certifying varieties, controlling the quality of varieties and seeds, and maintaining and disposing of national crop reserves.

3.153. (...) In November 2019, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) decided on the conformity of the relevant parts of the Draft Law with the provisions of the UPOV Act, 1991, which would allow Mongolia, once the Law was in force, to deposit its instrument of accession to the Act. As at April 2020, Mongolia was in the process of acceding to the Act.

4.1. Agriculture remains integral to Mongolia's long-term development strategy and its sustainable development goals. (...) Mongolia placed further ambitions on agriculture as part of its diversification strategy to alleviate heavy reliance on the mining sector (...).

4.3. (...) Mongolia's pastureland is described as ecologically fragile and subject to environmental degradation. Due to Mongolia's climate, agricultural production (both crops and livestock) can vary significantly year to year as a result of droughts, floods, dzud (severe winter), cold, and the growing season. The sector faces a number of additional challenges, such as proximity to markets (...)

4.5. In terms of crops, a small but steady increase occurred in the number of hectares sown each year, from 418,000 hectares to 526,000 hectares during the review period, an increase of 26%. (...) Crop harvest output and yields are largely determined by climate change, i.e. average temperatures and precipitation during the growing season. (...)

Box 4.1 Agricultural policy, objectives for the livestock and crop subsectors
Livestock production: 3. Improve the system of registration, assessment, and use and protection of livestock genetic resources; preserve traditional knowledge of animal husbandry;
Crop production: 3. Introduce zero tillage technology for production and create conditions to protect agricultural lands from wind, water erosion and damage;

Box 4.1 Agricultural policy, objectives for the livestock and crop subsectors
Livestock production: 4. Adhere to the appropriate ratio of number, type and herd structure of livestock, adapted to climate change and related risks;
Crop production: 4. Increase the number of crop rotations, reduce the amount of fallow land, adjust crop rotation based on the needs of intensive livestock breeding, food production and foreign markets;