The GEF Small Grants Programme

in Uzbekistan

Traveling the length and breadth of the country, or eco-shmeko race

Once on September sunny morning…
We left the office. We were to make a long way across the whole country. Maybe, I should say who “we” are. We have new forces, i.e. members of our Steering Committee have changed, so this introductory and monitoring trip, which I am going to describe in this short story, was organized for these newcomers. To be more exact, many things happened during the trip, therefore, there will be a series of short stories about the whole trip…

The trip was held from 30 September to 4 October, and during this trip our Committee could see how the Program worked, about successes and failures and what should be taken into account in future.
The following members of the committee took part in the whole trip: Lyudmila Shardakova, Javlon Tashpulatov, Bakhodir Mardonov and Dinara Gabdulhakova. Besides, Natalya Soldatova and Anna Ten were waiting for us in the ecocenter Djeyran. And in Urgench we were met by Nazar-aka Ibragimov. Besides the members of the Committee, the members of our team, Alexey, Jamshid and Garriy also took part in this trip.
So, below you can find links to the stories, which will be interesting for you to read, I hope. Relax and read them.

Visit to the pistachio
Samarkand greenhouse
Ecocenter
Projects of the GEF SGP in Khorezm
Karakalpakstan – predictions and outcome
Several words about drip irrigation