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Laser leveling in Samarkand region and Karakalpakstan.

After completing his work in Karakalpakstan, Oybek went to the Payarik district of Samarkand region, where he successfully installed and tested a set of laser equipment. After the equipment was inspected, a field workshop was held...

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Great potential of alternative energy sources

But today, perhaps in the near future, it is too early to say that alternative energy sources will be used on the same scale as conventional energy, only because the electricity generated using solar devices is much higher.

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Knowledge fair - 2013. Postfactum

As it was mentioned earlier, the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) in Uzbekistan this year celebrated its 5-year anniversary. . In the chronology of events in the life of our programme, many remember conference in May at the hotel "Redisson Blu". This conference could be called an official meeting and a kind of warm-up.

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Study of the economics of drip irrigation

This material was recently published in the magazine "Economic Prospects" under the heading "Business Conditions". The article presented to the students is the result of joint work of Khorezm specialists of the NGO "KRASS", farmer A. Boltaboev and Small Grants Program.

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Competition for the best energy supply project using alternative energy sources

The purpose of the competition is to identify and pilot innovative projects for the energy supply of households in rural areas, as well as livestock enterprises using alternative energy sources.

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“Knowledge Fair 2013” practical seminar on innovation technologies of the GEF SGP in Uzbekistan

17 innovative technologies from different thematic areas of the GEF SGP operations in Uzbekistan will be presented at the fair. These are technologies that are successfully tested by the programme and widely introduced in the country and those that are to be tested for further use in the economy.

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PMGEF at the seminar

The chosen topic of the seminar is very relevant for all regions of Uzbekistan where farming is developing and innovations are being introduced in the activities of farms. The seminar discussed the prospects for the development of "Extension Service" in the activities of regional Farm Councils. Identify the forms and methods of operation of this service.

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Pistachio trees will grow across whole Uzbekistan: one success story about how a small initiative ended up in a broad scaling up

This simple and understandable idea has eventually resulted in a mass movement across Uzbekistan to plant pistachio trees. The story below will tell you how this happened.

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Lessons learned from introducing zero tillage in Karakalpakstan, or why and how to implement conservation agriculture

With the support of the GEF Small Grants Program in Uzbekistan, in order to test and introduce zero-tillage, since 2010 in the Kanlykol region of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the project "Implementation of soil protection technologies" is being implemented.

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