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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a government meeting on September 19 to discuss the further reform of the water resources management system and widespread introduction of water-saving technologies in agriculture, the president’s official website said. Continue reading
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $249.8 million equivalent loan in local currency (tenge) to the Republican State Enterprise Kazvodkhoz (KVK), a state-owned enterprise dealing with water facilities, to help in the rehabilitation and improvement of irrigation networks serving 171,000 hectares of land in four provinces in Kazakhstan, the Bank said on September 11. Continue reading
NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Prime Minister Askar Mamin on July 10 took part in the signing of documents between the Government of Kazakhstan and American companies on cooperation in the field of agriculture, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reports. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — In February 2019, the European Union contributed with an additional 10 million EUR to the Single-Donor Trust Fund for the rehabilitation of the water management and irrigation systems in Tajikistan’s Zarafshon river basin area, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said on February 21. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — At the meeting on December 25, the Kazakh Government approved the Plan for the Development of Irrigated Lands in the country until 2028. The draft Plan was presented by the First Vice Minister of Agriculture Arman Yevniev, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Effective water management can reduce water costs for farmers, enabling them to increase their yields and cultivate higher-value crops. In Uzbekistan, a World Bank-supported project aims to help 1,500 private farms and 40,000 small farming households in three districts of rural South Karakalpakstan, by improving irrigation and drainage services to increase farming productivity, the World Bank reported on its website. Continue reading
