FAO Program Tajikistan

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FAO ProgramTajikistan
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Total staff

• A total of 35 staff of which
• 7 in Coordination Office
• 16 Technical Staff
• 13 Support staff (guards and drivers)
• additional 150 casual labor contracts for
  monitoring and other services

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FAO Projects in Tajikistan (1996-2006-2009)

• The total financial volume of projects since 1996
  is about 22 million
• Closed projects amount to US 6.7 million.
• Formally ongoing projects amount to US 2.2
  million. Most of them close by the end of 2006.
• New and pipeline projects 2006 -2009 amount to
  roughly US 12.0 million.

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Alternative opportunities for cotton production

• Problem
• Cotton was a strategic crop for Soviet
  Tajikistan, it is not anymore for independent
  Tajikistan
• Cotton has not anymore a high return.
• World market trends show that with the use
  of more than 70 of imported inputs for cotton
  production Tajikistan can not produce
  economically profitable and environmentally
  friendly cotton.
• The monoculture of cotton in irrigated area will
  increase degradation of the respective areas
• Just selling of raw cotton will increase the
  cotton debt.
• Other crops can make it better if the impulses
  are provided and market outlets are developed

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Alternative opportunities for cotton production

• Suggestions
• To decrease the area of cotton production to 150
  000 ha.Only most suitable farms and areas.
• Developing cotton processing facilities can
  increase the economic returns from cotton
  production.
• Diversification and crop rotation will have more
  economical benefits than from monoculture cotton
  production, such as
• Fodder and leguminous plants,
• Vegetable crops and orchards
• Developing processing and marketing are very
  essential for alternative crops.