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Tajikistan: Community Agriculture | Global Food Security

August 17, 2010—Farmers who once relied on food aid, and were too poor to buy seeds, are once again farming remote parts of Tajikistan.

Ten years ago, the Red River watershed and its people were ravaged by a brutal civil war and the collapse of the Soviet agrarian system.Today trees, bees and livestock are raised again, thanks in part to a project supported by the World Bank that aims to help farmers—working in groups–to produce more and earn more while rehabilitating the ecosystem.

via Tajikistan: Community Agriculture | Global Food Security.

CA-NEWS : Malnutrition of children remains important problem for development in Tajikistan, UNICEF

CA-NEWS (TJ) – Malnutrition remains a major problem for public health and development in Tajikistan, said Laily Moshiri, the representative of UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Dushanbe on Tuesday.

It is estimated that nearly one in three children in Tajikistan is considered undersized for his/her age, and about half of deaths from malnutrition among children under 5 years is associated with chronic malnutrition.

The World Bank and UNICEF have summed up the situation analysis to improve economic performance by expanding nutrition programs in Tajikistan. The report evaluates the effects of malnutrition to health in terms of mortality and years of life expectancy adjusted for disability in Tajikistan. It also provides a calculation of the potential benefits for the population and the economy as a whole, which can be obtained by increasing investment in the sphere of nutrition in Tajikistan.

Despite the drop in infant mortality rates over the last decade in Tajikistan, 35% of 7,676 deaths of children under 5 years in 2011 was caused by malnutrition.

The report indicates that the expansion of the key points in the food sector could allow the country to get at least $ 10 million in future economic benefits arising from the performance and size of the labor force in Tajikistan.

via CA-NEWS : Malnutrition of children remains important problem for development in Tajikistan, UNICEF.

WB gives more to Tajikistan for farmland, energy projects – Central Asia Online

WB gives more to Tajikistan for farmland, energy projects – Central Asia Online.

DUSHANBE – World Bank (WB) and Tajik officials March 16 signed agreements on additional WB aid to Tajik projects meant to register farmland and to increase energy conservation, AsiaPlus.tj reported.

The WB, through its International Development Association, plans to give US $10m (47.7m TJS) to help register land and create a cadastre system, both meant to enable sustainable agricultural development. The funding will help expand the restructuring of farmland holdings. It also will enable officials to give farmers certificates entitling them to use land, further development of the cadastre system and aid the formulation of various pilot projects for registering real estate. Completion of the agricultural project is scheduled for March 2015.

The WB approved US $18m (86m TJS) in financing for the Energy Loss Reduction Project in February. Tajikistan and the WB have been partners in this project since 2005.

FY 1998 Assistance to the NIS Request: $15,400,000 (Tajikistan Request to USAID)

TAJIKISTAN

FY 1998 Assistance to the NIS Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,400,000

Introduction

Tajikistan is the poorest of the five Central Asian Republics and the only one of the five in which underlying ethnic, regional, economic and ideological strains have led to open warfare and major population displacements. A cease-fire has continued to be in partial effect since late 1993, while UN-moderated peace talks appear to be making incremental progress in establishing a political consensus. The UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) monitors the cease-fire agreement, while Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Russian-led troops, at the request of the local government, guard the southern Tajikistan boundary and monitor the ceasefire. Donor efforts are making a difference in Tajikistan’s situation. For example, the economy, in free fall since independence, achieved a measure of economic stability last year. U.S. interests are based on providing humanitarian aid, helping to establish a framework for sustainable economic growth, promoting regional stability in Central Asia and promoting an independent, democratic and market-oriented Tajikistan that is friendly to the U.S. and constructively engaged in international political and economic relationships.

 

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