| ID: | 76644 |
|---|---|
| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Title: | Tajikistan - Community-based Agricultural Support Project (CASP) - May 2022 |
| Description: |
The Nimich Village Organization established a women’s income-generating group (WIGG) for poultry production in 2020. In 2021, the women used two incubators provided by the project to hatch 125 turkey and 790 chicken eggs. The women select only the largest eggs for incubating, up to 190 eggs at a time, saving the smaller eggs to eat. They mark or color code the eggs to indicate to which woman the eggs belong. Turkey eggs take about ten days longer to incubate than chicken eggs, so they time placement of eggs in the incubator precisely in order to synchronize the estimated hatching date. If they can’t collect enough eggs to place a full batch in the incubator within one week, they use the eggs for eating instead. Out of each batch, two or three eggs won’t hatch. The women keep very careful production records to track the number of eggs hatched, the dates hatched and to whom the chicks belong. Once hatched, each woman cares for her own chicks and decides when and where to sell. 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. |
| Size: | 8.88 MB; 5760 x 3840 pixels; 488 x 325 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1524 x 1016 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Didor Sadulloev |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/ Didor Sadulloev |
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