Preconditions and conditions of creating organic production in the Baikal region

The economic growth associated with maximizing profits from the use of natural resources and the environment has exhausted itself. The ideology of organic farming implies an optimal combination of the interests of the rural population, consumers of environmentally friendly products and a healthy environment. In recent years, the idea of using a national Baikal brand in the food market has been widely demanded and relevant. Such a pioneer product is the production of bottled Baikal water that meets international quality standards. An obstacle to the wide access to the world market for this product is the legislative restrictions in most developed countries on the consumption of drinking water from open sources. However, the upcoming world water crisis will open up prospects for a wider use of Baikal water, primarily, in densely populated Asian countries. In recent years, breeding of native breeds of farm animals adapted to the local climate, which comply with the principles of organic farming, has been revived in the Baikal region. In addition, the proximity of the external export market determines the possible production of specific “halal” products that are targeted at Southeast Asian countries with a predominantly Muslim population. In Mongolia, practical steps have been taken to produce “religious-specific” organic products, including the national quality standard for “halal” products. The high quality of meat products based on pastoralism corresponds to the rules of kosher food. Strict laws of “kashrut” may correspond to beef and lamb, as well as high-quality fish products of endemic species of the Baikal basin. These factors give a particular specificity to the concept of organic products, which combine the quality of ecological products with the uniqueness of the Baikal brand, the national specificity of Buddhism culture and traditions of oriental culinary.