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DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $30 million financial assistance including a $5 million grant and technical assistance from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) to boost agriculture production and food security by improving water resource management of the Pyanj River Basin in Tajikistan, ADB’s country office in Dushanbe said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on October 4 signed a three-year agreement to improve food security, nutrition and resilience to climate-related and economic shocks for more than 80,000 vulnerable people in four Kyrgyz provinces, the two organizations said in a joint news release. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is boosting its support for private sector development in Turkmenistan by helping one of the leading companies expand its product line. A US $2.8 million loan will help Berk group, a successful brewer, to expand into the segment of salty snacks, which will complement its core business, the EBRD press service reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Embassy of Japan in Kyrgyzstan on September 20 participated in a ceremony to provide equipment to support food-processing businesses and rural women’s entrepreneurship across seven rural communities in the Kyrgyz Republic. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — On September 14, the Ambassador of the United States to Uzbekistan, Pamela L. Spratlen; Deputy Minister of Health of Uzbekistan, Dr. Laziz Tuichiev; and Chairperson of the Board of the International NGO Charitable Foundation Sog’lom Avlod Uchun, Svetlana Inamova announced the arrival of a new food aid shipment provided by the USAID International Food Relief Partnership Program. In cooperation with the Government of Uzbekistan and other partners USAID will distribute over 112 metric tons of enriched food aid to 21,200 people across Uzbekistan, the press service of the US Embassy in Tashkent said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A new variety of rice is being tested now in Kazakhstan’s southern Kyzylorda region for further export, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on its website. Continue reading
