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BISHKEK (TCA) — Secure tenure of land, fisheries and forests is widely acknowledged as being directly related to agricultural productivity, sustainable management of natural resources, and food security. This is the premise of a new project for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) kicked off with a workshop in Bishkek on September 21. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Speaking to a working group for the constitutional reform on March 1, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that he made a decision to amend the Constitution by the discussion in the Parliament, without submitting it to a referendum, the presidential press service said. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Elisabeth Millard on February 8 attended a launch ceremony for the new $9.7 million Feed the Future Tajikistan Land Market Development Activity Project. The ceremony was also attended by key stakeholders and other counterparts who make significant contributions to promote land use rights, including Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, Chairman of State Committee for Land Management and Geodesy of Tajikistan, as well as representatives from Parliament and the Government of Tajikistan, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The Astana Military Court on November 7 sentenced Tokhtar Toleshov, a Kazakh businessman and the owner of Shymkent brewery, to 21 years in prison after he had been found guilty of extremism, illegal weapons possession, and attempting to overthrow the government, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The USAID Land Reform and Farm Restructuring Project hosted an event in Dushanbe to celebrate the completion of this three-year project aimed at strengthening land-use rights to help create a land market in Tajikistan. U.S. Ambassador Elisabeth Millard and Chairman of the State Land Committee Ahmadzoda opened the event attended by donor representatives, government officials, and other stakeholders, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said on August 26. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has decided to extend a moratorium on land privatization and land leasing to foreigners until the end of 2021, the presidential press service said. Continue reading
