Tajikistan

‘Fruit growers in Zerafshan Valley power their way to markets, heralding a bright future’

For farmers like Sharofat Sharipova, once a good apple season was overshadowed with worries about selling the apples before they started to rot. Now they have come together to form Producer Groups, learnt new techniques and are connected to the markets.

A barefoot agronomist triggers a small revolution in orchards of the Kishtud river basin

Scanning the tall, snow-capped mountain peaks around him that alternately descend into a steep gorge cut by the River Kishtud and a rugged valley interspersed with picturesque pasturelands, Odinaev Hasanjon, 51, muses, ‘Guitan is such a small spot in this vast landscape. We look so disconnected...

A barefoot agronomist triggers a small revolution in orchards of the Kishtud river basin

Scanning the tall, snow-capped mountain peaks around him that alternately descend into a steep gorge cut by the River Kishtud and a rugged valley interspersed with picturesque pasturelands, Odinaev Hasanjon, 51, muses, ‘Guitan is such a small spot in this vast landscape. We look so disconnected...

Oxfam in Asia - Publications - Tajikistan - A Woman Committed to End Poverty

A Woman Committed to End Poverty: A dream that came true

Agro-training sessions conducted by Oxfam and its development partners are empowering women farmers in Tajikistan.