| ID: | 86170 |
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| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Title: | Tajikistan - Community-based Agricultural Support Project (CASP) - October 2023 |
| Description: |
Hafiza Parnik Khojaeva is a member of the Women’s Income Generating Group for permanent greenhouses in Chal Chal Village, Norak District. She is also a schoolteacher. CASP provided the women’s group with a greenhouse in February 2023, and everything they needed to get started: tools, water tanks, seeds and seedlings, as well as fertilizer. For their first crop, the women cultivated potatoes, harvesting 650 kg. They are growing bell peppers and some cucumbers as their second crop. Having the greenhouse is an additional source of income and plays a key role in the women’s lives. It has improved their well-being, including their food security. They preserve vegetables for winter. And instead of buying potatoes, for example, at 1 somoni per kilo, they now grow their own. The Community-based Agriculture Support Project (CASP) stimulates inclusive economic growth and poverty reduction in rural Tajikistan. Its activities help communities and dehkan (smallholder) family farmers access productive infrastructure and services, leading to sustainable agricultural production, equitable income-generating opportunities, and improved living standards. 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: | 6.53 MB; 3648 x 5472 pixels; 309 x 463 mm (print at 300 DPI); 965 x 1448 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Show more details: | Didor Sadulloev |
| Copyright: | © IFAD/ Didor Sadulloev |
| Categories: | New from Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia |
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