The company began this project in an effort to assist herders who had suffered substantial losses in their herd numbers during the 2006- 2007 zud, and the project moved on to further assist families living on an income below the standard of living who had an aspiration to become herders, but owned only a few herd animals.
The eligibility criteria of the livestock reconstitution project were defined in the region with the involvement of herders. The livestock for the project was bought from the herder citizens of the bagh at a market rate and transferred to the project households. The principle of the repopulation involves introducing 25 female goats and 25 female sheep, for a total of 50 small cattle, to the herd of the participating family, and after they acquire offspring and benefits for 3 years, the family transfers the same number of young, female herd animals of reproductive age to the next herder family.
Accounting for the increase in number of families wishing to become herders, and the corresponding increase in requests to be part of this project, Badrakh Energy resolved to expand the project in 2019. Subsequently, herd animals were purchased at market value from 5 families from Zuunbayan bagh of Sainshand soum, and then delivered to 5 other families to assist in the repopulation of their herd. The project has earned the appreciation of herders and is being implemented successfully, with 84 families from Ulaanbadrakh soum and 31 families from Zuunbayan bagh, a total of 115 herder families, having taken part in the project thus far.