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June, 2014
This monthly electronic newsletter provides a snapshot of some of the current work of the Regional Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, supported by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The Program aims at reducing poverty and hunger, improving human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international research, partnership and leadership in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

Contacts

CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit for Central Asia and the Caucasus
c/o International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
P.O. Box 4375
Tashkent 100000
Uzbekistan

Tel.:
(998-71) 237-21-30/69/04; 234-82-16; 234-83-57; 237-47-19

E-mail:
pfu-tashkent@cgiar.org

Web site:
www.cac-program.org

Today more and more women can be found doing lots of different farming jobs in northern Tajikistan. Photo by Neil Palmer/IWMI. / На сегодняшний день, все больше и больше женщин занимаются различного рода сельскохозяйственной деятельности на севере Таджикистана. Фото Нила Палмера/ИВМИ.

Changing face of agriculture in northern Tajikistan

Date: June 15, 2014

More women are working in farming in northern Tajikistan than ever before, spurred by male labour migration and privatization of the agricultural sector.

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Меняющиеся тенденции сельского хозяйства в северном Таджикистане

Дата: June 15, 2014

Сегодня женщин, работающих в сельском хозяйстве на севере Таджикистана, больше, чем когда-либо прежде.

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Mungbean is considered as a water-efficient crop, which also improves soil fertility. For example, this improved mungbean variety called 'Zilola' has been released in Uzbekistan. Photo by Sarvar Rasulov. / Маш считается одной из водосберегающих культур, которая также улучшает плодородие почвы. Например, данный улучшенный сорт маша «Зилола» был районирован в Узбекистане. Фото Сарвара Расулова.

Learning to grow more with less in Central Asia

Date: June 10, 2014

Increasing water scarcity and changing weather patterns in Central Asia worry policymakers and scientists alike.

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Экономичное растениеводство в Центральной Азии

Дата: June 10, 2014

Растущий дефицит воды и меняющиеся погодные условия в Центральной Азии вызывают беспокойство, как в руководящих, так и в научных кругах.

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