Pictures: Agricultural Market in Ulaanbaatar

This weekend was the start of the annual agricultural market in Ulaanbaatar, named Altan Namar or Golden Autumn. Hundreds of farmers came from all over Mongolia to the capital to sell their products. It is a rare collection of fresh vegetables that reach the city: eggplants, pumpkins, corn and many more. Students of the faculty of law carried out a survey on the origin and background of the salesmen and -women as part of the Mongolian Nomadic Society and Land Ownership - A Comparative Study of Land Privatization in Transitional Countries, organized by the Center for Asian Legal Exchange (CALE) and the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan.

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The main market was at the liberty square near the Tengis Movie Theater and an additional market was at the Sky Shopping Center. Both will last for about another week.


Family with their products at the agricultural market in Ulaanbaatar

UPDATE: UB Post reports on the struggels of the farmers, and the problems with cheap impost products.

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