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8 March 2023
Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping.
Main photo: Depleted land needs more water, which is already insufficient across much of Central Asia. (David Trilling)
The soils of Central Asia yield far less meat, dairy and produce today than…
17 February 2023
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev became familiar with the presentation of proposals for the protection and effective use of pasture lands.
The corresponding instruction was given by the Head of state at a meeting on agriculture held on January 23 this year.
There are more than 21 million hectares of…
27 January 2023
The two countries hope improved ties will massively boost bilateral trade to $2 billion annually.
Main photo: Best of friends: Mirziyoyev, left, and Japarov exchanging warm greetings in Bishkek. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration press office)
The leaders of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan met…
24 October 2022
Main Photo: Protesters in Bishkek demanded on Monday the release of political prisoners who opposed the land swap with Uzbekistan. (Photo: Metin Dzhumagulov)
About 300 people marched on Monday through Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishkek, demanding the release of activists who protested against a land…
13 April 2022
Main photo: Uzbek Prezident Shavkat Mirziyoev (center) with oligarch Bakhtiyor Fazylov (right).
A lucrative plot of Tashkent land belonging to a major Uzbek steel plant has been sold to a company close to President Shavkat Mirziyoev’s son-in-law, at a fraction of its market value, documents showed…
14 December 2021
Over 1,000 people deported to Djausdjan province. The move favours their Pashtun supporters in northern Afghanistan. Tribal council convened to resolve the case. Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ask the Taliban government to address the ethnic issue.
Moscow (AsiaNews) - In recent days the Taliban have…
12 July 2021
The land transfer has fueled anger and rumors about Kyrgyzstan’s new populist leadership.
Main photo: The Kempir-Abad dam was built by Soviet engineers in the 1980s. (photos by Danil Usmanov)
Zholdosh Omorov says the news that a huge reservoir near his house could be entirely handed over to…
14 June 2021
BISHKEK (TCA) — Territorial disputes in Central Asia do not allow countries of the region to take a step towards greater cooperation and increase regional integration. We are republishing the following article on the issue, written by independent researcher Ermek Baisalov and originally published…
26 March 2021
Kyrgyzstan has received swathes of land while granting Uzbeks control over irrigation resources.
(Photo: Kamchybek Tashiyev in Tashkent. Credit: Kyrgyz government)
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed on a treaty that should, its signatories hope, spell an end to the recurrent territorial…
14 March 2021
Main photo: Farmers complain that not only will they lose income without compensation, but they even have to pay taxes on the land they are forced to give away.
Just as many Uzbek farmers began sowing the seeds for this season's crops, President Shavkat Mirziyoev called on them to give some of…
23 March 2018
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Research Consortium, a new powerful hub for the collection, sharing, and exchange of knowledge on how to effectively advance women’s land rights. We know women’s land rights matter, and the Research Consortium is designed to help us figure out how to…