poverty reduction

The event was organized by the Tashkent Region Hokimiyat, the regional department for poverty reduction and employment, and the relevant territorial organizations as part of the project “Strengthening the economic potential and efficiency of household plots and dehkan farms in Uzbekistan”, implemented with financial support from the European Union. Participants learned best practices from European countries. At the Yangiyo‘l Agro Star greenhouse complex, they examined how to build a value chain…

Santo Domingo.-The National Irrigation Technology Directorate (TNR) and the Tobacco Institute of the Dominican Republic (Intabaco) signed an inter-institutional cooperation agreement aimed at modernizing tobacco production by incorporating irrigation technologies, training programs and technical support for producers in the sector. The agreement was signed by the directors Claudio Caamaño Vélez, from TNR, and Iván Hernández Guzmán, from Intabaco, with the purpose of increasing the productivity …

Twenty-four participants have successfully completed the basic poultry training of the Livestock Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (LVV) in Lelydorp. With this training, the ministry is once again investing in strengthening the poultry sector and the further development of national food production. The group consisted of 10 women and 14 men, who received a certificate of participation afterwards. The national poultry training courses of the Animal Husbandry Dir…

Santiago Rodríguez.- The Agricultural Cooperative of the Federation of Livestock Farmers of the Northwest Line (Coopfedegano) presented a recognition to President Luis Abinader for his invaluable support to the national livestock sector and for having promoted the historic public policy that guarantees the incorporation of nationally produced milk to the School Feeding Program, an initiative that has strengthened food sovereignty, energized the rural economy and dignified the work of thousands o…

Dildora Otajonova, Consultant to the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction on agricultural export issues, noted that cooperatives can make products from dehkan farms and household plots competitive in foreign markets. “This is particularly relevant for us”, says D. Otajonova. “More than 5.2 million families in Uzbekistan grow agricultural products. Most producers operate on small plots of land and face difficulties with processing, storing, packaging, and exporting their products, which …