| ID: | 76494 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Title: | Tajikistan - Community-based Agricultural Support Project (CASP) - May 2022 |
| Description: |
Shahrinav Village is located in the Dusti District of Khatlon Oblast Region in southwestern Tajikistan. The village has 1152 households, with a population of almost 6,000 people, about half of whom are women. The villagers’ main occupation is agriculture. The Community-based Agricultural Support Project (CASP) established the Shahrinav Village Organization (VO) in 2020. All households are represented in the VO. Accountant. Muqadas Eshbekova has more than 35 years of accounting experience. In addition to being the accountant for the Shahrinav Village Organization (VO), she also provides bookkeeping services for individual farmers. Although Muqadas has many years of professional experience, she benefitted from training offered by the CASP specific to the management and accounting of project resources. Muqadas properly recorded receipt of all seeds, turkeys, machinery and equipment provided to the VO by the project, and kept careful records as these resources were distributed to selected VO members. She also manages the booking of the VOs machinery services, issues permits to the machine operators who deliver the services, and accounts for the corresponding income earned from the machinery activities. The VO Board establishes the prices paid for the services, which are much lower for the VO members than similar services provided by external providers. The accountant manages the VOs bank account, depositing earned income and making tax payments, and running salary for six machinery operators (about 30% of income earned) herself (accountant - about 10% of earned income). She also ensures that sufficient funds are set aside for routine machinery maintenance and saving for its eventual replacement. The VO Board facilitates a participatory decision-making process with its members to determine how to use the income earned from machinery services. In 2022, the organization prioritized the construction of four classrooms at the village primary school, adding space for 80 children. Funds are used for a variety of projects that benefit the community, including providing assistance to needy families. The Community-based Agricultural Support Project (CASP) is building on the significant achievements of the earlier Livestock and Pasture Development Project to stimulate inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in rural Tajikistan. Since 2018, the CASP has provided benefits to more than 51,000 households in 177 rural villages in Khatlon Oblast, Soghd and Republican Subordination Regions. Its activities are helping communities and smallholder (dehkan) farmers access productive infrastructure and services, leading to sustainable agricultural production, equitable income-generating opportunities and improved living standards. The CASP works with Village Organizations (VOs) to develop community-driven action plans that define their own improvement initiatives. Village-level participation in decision making is critical to the success of these plans and helps establish a sense of community ownership and cohesion. |
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