On 11 July 2014 in collaboration with partners is holding free training seminar in Andijan on the topic: "How to create pistachio plantations - a new cost-effective solution for the effective use of dry lands in the Ferghana Valley."
Event is organized by the Farmers Council of Uzbekistan, Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF SGP) with the support of UNDP in Uzbekistan, Succow Fund and Republican Scientific-Production Center of ornamental horticulture and forestry.
Participants will learn the technology of growing pistachio on dry land, get the necessary literature. The farmers from Andijan, Namangan and Ferghana regions, as well as representatives of ministries and government agencies, educational institutions, mass media representatives are kindly invited to attend the seminar. Participation is free of charge and not obligatory.
We kindly ask you to assist us in disseminating this information among farmers of the foothills in the Ferghana Valley, as well as among other stakeholders.
Agenda of the seminar is kindly provided below:
Agenda for training
“Plantations of varietal pistachio - a new solution for the effective use of arid land on foothills of Uzbekistan" in Tashkent”
initiated by Global Environment Facility’s Small Grants Programme in Uzbekistan, Succow Fund and Republican Scientific-Production Center of ornamental horticulture and forestry
Date: 11 July 2014
Place: Andijan regional office on agricultural and water resource management
Address: 8, Tinchlik str., Andijan
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Time | Session | Room | Responsible person |
08:00 – 08:20 | Registration and gathering | Meeting room of Andijan regional office on agricultural and water resource management | Makhsad Bauetdinov Ekaterina Lyan |
08:20 – 08:40 | Opening ceremony Welcome speeches: S. Turdiev, Chairperson of the Farmers Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan Representative of the regional Farmers Council Representative of Succow Fund A. Volkov, GEF SGP National Coordinator | Meeting room | Moderator: Alexey Volkov |
08:40 – 08:55 | 1. Why do we suggest to grow pistachio? | - | Evgeniy Botman |
08:55 – 09:10 | 2. Briefly about pistachio | - | Galina Chernova |
09:10 – 09:25 | 3. Selection of place for pistachio plantation | - | Timur Tulyaganov |
09:25 – 09:40 | 4. Planning works: dividing a plot by slots; soil preparation for sowing; marking of seed and planting spots | - | Evgeniy Botman |
09:40 – 09:55 | 5. Establishing of pistachio plantations by sowing seeds, by planting seedlings with closed root system | - | Lyutsian Nikolyai |
09:55 – 10:10 | 6. Conducting a budding for young plantations; reconstruction and refining of existing plantations | - | Timur Tulyaganov |
10:10 – 10:25 | 7. Supplementary information, tending for young and adult fertile plantations. A harvesting period | - | Lyutsian Nikolyai |
10:25 – 10:40 | 8. Perspective pistachio types | - | Galina Chernova |
10:40 – 11:00 | Personal experience of creating pistachio plantation | - | Farmer Rustamjon Pozilov |
11:00 – 13:00 | Tutorial on pistachio inoculation | Territory of farm enterprise | Timur Tulyaganov, Lyutsian Nikolyai, participants of the seminar |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | - | Shuhrat Hydirov Makhsad Bauetdinov Rustam Murzakhanov |
Responsible person:
Makhsad Bauetdinov
mob: + 998 93 501 52 21
work: + 998 71 120 34 50 (extension 215)
e-mail: makhsad.bauetdinov@undp.or
