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The staple diet of Mongolian families, whether urban or rural, nomadic or sedentary, is still meat and dairy products today – the nourishing foodstuffs, which make up the meals and are socially valued. However, the diet has changed significantly throughout the country since the beginning of the 2000s. On the initiative of a public health policy promoting dietary diversification that was initiated in the 1990s, many families are gradually integrating starchy foodstuffs (filling) and vegetables (providing various nutritional properties) into their daily diet. However, these products take a too substantial share in a majority of households' budgets. This paper will elaborate on the activities of a family living in a small provincial village in eastern Mongolia, who cultivate a vegetable garden on the outskirts of the village, of which some products supply extended family members at the commune level as well as their small general grocery store in the village. After describing the family's production site and the products they grow, this note will draw the contours of the informal and formal circulation channels used for these products to shed light on the social and economic ties created, maintained and mobilized by the families for different purposes. As a matter of fact, this vegetable garden turns into a hub of economic and social mutual assistance whereby the vegetables grown and harvested are exchanged for goods and/or services.
Keywords: Agriculture, potager, alimentation, consommation, vente, entraide, réseaux, Mongolie, Agriculture, Vegetable Garden, Food, Consumption, Sale, Mutual Asistance, Networks, Mongolia
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