| ID: | 86180 |
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| Country: | Tajikistan |
| Title: | Tajikistan - Community-based Agricultural Support Project (CASP) - October 2023 |
| Description: |
Amina Gafurova is a member of a Women’s Income Generating Group for fruit and vegetable preservation in Chal Chal Village in central Tajikistan’s Norak district. The group has ten members. CASP provided the women with the inputs they needed to get started and helped them learn new skills. They have shared their new knowledge with their neighbours. They help each other – one day they gather at one house, the next day at the other’s house, to preserve fruits and vegetables. The ten members already knew each other before CASP helped them organize their group in 2020. The project selected the poorest and most vulnerable women in the village, including women who have been left to head their households as their husbands emigrate in search of work. Most of the women grow fruits and vegetables in their own household plots. Using skills they have learned and the supplies provided by the project, the women preserve and sell what they grow to provide much-needed household income. Of course, they also keep some of what they produce, contributing to their own food security. In addition to earning income from canning and selling fruits and vegetables, the women have other income-generating activities, such as tailoring. They also can fruits and vegetables for their neighbours for a fee. In this way, they supplement the remittances received from their husbands. “The most important lesson I have learned is how to run a business and manage my cash flow. It is good that we have started. But we want to build an even stronger and sustainable business to secure our future. On my own, I buy fresh figs in the market, dry them and then sell them for a profit.” 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: | 5.80 MB; 5472 x 3648 pixels; 463 x 309 mm (print at 300 DPI); 1448 x 965 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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