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Manai Ger reads a French idea - short-circuit food sold directly from producers to neighbours - through a Mongolian lens. Here the community already exists in the ties of the sum and the family, and the ger is already the place where people gather. We do not invent the community; we lean on it.

Herders on the steppe produce food of great quality but capture little value against urban resale chains. Between the steppe and the city tables sit wholesalers, transporters and supermarkets. The city pays a lot, the herder is paid little. A ger-relais shortens that distance.