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Kyrgyz farmers deliver organic valerian root to European market

BISHKEK (TCA) — Gulnur Januzakova from the village of Kurbu in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul province delivers valerian roots grown in her garden to Germany. She started growing this medicinal herb on an area of 100 square meters and received a first harvest of 280 kilograms. She expects to gather the same harvest this year.   

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Central Asia regional integration: a lesson from the past. Revisiting Halford Mackinder

BISHKEK (TCA) — Editor’s note: We are glad to publish an essay of a young Indian journalist, from the South Asian University of New Delhi. The essay shows how modern infrastructure is trying to resolve old problems in an integrated effort of several countries while requiring worldwide attention for a balanced and peaceful development of Central Asia, the “heartland” between Europe, Russia and China.

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