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OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — The 12th Annual International Agriculture Expo, Silk Road 2016, is taking place between February 25 and 27 in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan. The JerAzygy Association of Agro Businessmen of Kyrgyzstan organized the expo with the support from the United States through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to boost agricultural production and promote trade through exchange of ideas and technologies. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — A FAO regional Training-of-Trainers on locust management is taking place between February 22 and March 4 in Dushanbe with the objective to train 16 Master-Trainers from Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The Government of Kazakhstan has approved a new forecast of the country’s socio-economic development for this year, Kazakh media reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — An auction to sell irrigated farmland will take place in the East Kazakhstan province this May along with an agricultural investment forum with the participation of domestic and foreign investors, the official website of the East Kazakhstan governor reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A company from Iran is going to grow safflower (an oil-bearing crop) in Kazakhstan’s Kostanai province and build a plant for its processing, said the province’s Governor Arkhimed Mukhambetov, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Minister of Finance of Tajikistan, Abdusalom Qurboniyon, and the World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan, Patricia Veevers-Carter, late last week signed an agreement on the allocation of additional financing for the Tajikistan Environmental Land Management and Rural Livelihoods Project. The additional financing of US$2.83 million was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors in June 2015, the World Bank said. Continue reading