The GEF Small Grants Programme

in Uzbekistan

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Plantation laying – «points of growth» of pistachio in Tashkent region

On April 24, 2015, in Bostanlyk district, Tashkent region, an open practical training will be held for farmers and dehkans on the creation of real pistachio plantations on a varietal basis.

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Drop by drop ... hectare by hectare ...

The manufacturer of drip irrigation systems for our project in Namangan region, Abdulvohid Boltabaev, recently completed the installation and launched a drip irrigation system for an intensive garden of one of the farms in his region.Today, he and his team started installing systems...

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Another biogas plant is launched - now in Namangan region.

One of the solutions might be biogas technology that has long proved to be an effective way to solve the energy needs of households and small farmers. Today, biogas technology has become the standard way of...

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Alternative energy, waste-free economy and rural school. What common?

Biogas technologies are currently considered in many countries of the world as a source of highly effective environmentally friendly biofertilizers, the use of which significantly increases the productivity of agricultural and...

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A new consultation and information resource center was opened

Representatives of mahalla committees and regional khokimiyats of the Republic of Karakalpakstan were invited to the event, who showed great interest in the information presented in the field of energy conservation and...

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News from the GEF Small Grants Programme

On 24 February 2014, an open seminar for farmers took place in Tashkent and run jointly with the Michael Succow Foundation from Germany. Its subject was “How to create a plantation of pistachio cultivars - a new, economically-profitable solution for effective land use in the dry-land zone of Tashkent province”.

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Creation of an electronic database of plant diversity in Uzbekistan

The territory of Uzbekistan is characterized by a wide variety of landscapes, flora and fauna and belongs to the 200 priority eco-regions of the world, which are recognized as especially valuable for the preservation of the diversity of wildlife throughout the planet.

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Trout farming - the potential for a highly-profitable agro-business for the farmers of Uzbekistan

Every farmer knows that producing food is a sustainable business if the product is in demand, and the technology for producing this food is profitable.After all, customers and their families have to eat every single day.

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Watershed management in hills to counteract natural disasters and improve the long-term ecological safety of village residents

This article describes the outline of a possible project that the Small Grants Programme - Global Environment Facility is attempting to establish and trial.

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