AKIPRESS.COM - The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will be jointly implementing projects on animal identification, registration system and improving the system on recording and traceability, Montsame said.

The project agreement was signed by Minister Ch.Ulaan and FAO Representative Vinod Ahuja on July 9.

In the framework of the project on animal identification, a nationwide monitoring system on origin of livestock, migration, selection and breeding, and health information will be introduced.

As for the project on recording and traceability, possible systems on tracing the origin of agricultural products will be studied and tested using blockchain technology.