The GEF Small Grants Programme

in Uzbekistan

ATTENTION - to all farmers and dehkans of the foothill territories of the Tashkent region!

On February 24, 2014, a free training seminar “How to create a plantation of varietal pistachio - a new economically profitable solution for the efficient use of land in the rainfed zone of the Tashkent region” is being held in Tashkent.

The event is organized by the Council of Farmers of Uzbekistan, the Small Grants Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF SGP) with the support of UNDP in Uzbekistan, the Republican Research and Production Center for Ornamental Horticulture and Forestry.

Participants will be able to learn the technology of growing pistachios on rainfed lands, get the necessary literature. Farmers from the Tashkent region, representatives of ministries and departments, educational institutions, and media workers are invited to the seminar. Participation is free and free. The program of the seminar is attached below:

SEMINAR PLAN

"How to create a plantation of varietal pistachio - a new economically profitable solution for the efficient use of land in the rainfed zone of the Tashkent region"

SMALL GRANT PROGRAMS

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL FUND (GEF SGP)

IN UZBEKISTAN, ZUKKOV FUND AND RSPC DS and LH

24 February

Time

Event

Premises

Ответственные лица

09:00 – 09:20

Registrationandcollection

Hall

МаксадБауетдинов

Екатерина Лян

09:20 – 09:35

Workshop opening

Welcome speeches:

- S. Turdyev, Chairman of the Farmers Council of Uzbekistan

- Representative of the Zukkov Foundation- A. Volkov, National Coordinator of the GEF Small Grants Program

Conferencehall

Модератор:

Алексей Волков

09:35 – 9:50

1. Why do we suggest you go in for pistachio?

Conferencehall

Евгений Ботман

9:50 ­– 10:05

2. Brieflyaboutpistachio

Conferencehall

Галина Чернова

10:05 – 10:20

3. Choosing a place for a pistachio plantation

Conferencehall

Тимур Туляганов

10:20 – 10:35

4. Organization of the territory: breakdown of the site into allotments; soil preparation for sowing or planting; marking of sowing and planting places

Conferencehall

Евгений Ботман

10:35 – 10:50

5. Establishment of pistachio plantations by sowing seeds, by planting seedlings with a closed root system

Conferencehall

ЛюцианНиколяи

10:50 – 11:05

6. Carrying out budding of young plantations; reconstruction and improvement of existing plantations

Conferencehall

Тимур Туляганов

11:05 – 11:25

Coffeebreak

hall

ШухратХидиров

ДжамшидМаксумов

МаксадБауетдинов

11:25 – 11:40

7. Supplementing, caring for young and adults, fruiting plantations. Harvesting

Conferencehall

ЛюцианНиколяи

11:40 – 11:55

8. Promisingvarietiesofpistachio

Conferencehall

Галина Чернова

11:55 – 12:10

9. Conditions for the development of varietal pistachio growing in Uzbekistan

Conferencehall

Евгений Ботман

12:10 – 12:30

Questionsandanswers

Conferencehall

Евгений Ботман/организаторы семинара

12:30 – 13:00

Filling out a questionnaire and selecting potential farmers to create a "point of growth" for varietal pistachio in the Tashkent region

Conferencehall

Евгений Ботман/Организаторы семинара

13:00 – 14:00

Dinner

ШухратХидиров

ДжамшидМаксумов

МаксадБауетдинов

14:00 – 14:30

Interview with potential partner farmers

Conferencehall

Евгений Ботман/организаторы семинара

Date: February 24, 2014

Venue: Council of Farmers of Uzbekistan, Tashkent city, MirzoUlugbek district, st.Ravnak, 1a

Responsible person: MaksadBauetdinov.

Address: Tashkent, MirzoUlugbek district, st.Ravnak, 1a (former Ismailot street), building of the Farmers Council of Uzbekistan. Object orient: walk 200 m from Boz Bazaar towards the Etalon plant, then turn left and go through the arch to the fork. The building of the Farmers' Council of Uzbekistan is located next to the State Enterprise "Tashkent Testing and Certification Center".

We bring to your attention a directions map:

For registration and additional information, please call:

(+998 71) 120-34-50 (ext. 215), (+998 93) 501-52-21

E-mail: makhsad.bauetdinov@undp.org