Tajikistan is a mountainous country whose population largely derives its livelihood from livestock and small agricultural farms. Tajikistan strongly depends on water for the irrigation of land, with approximately 70% of all farmland under irrigation. 74% of the population is rural, while 18% of the total GDP comes from agriculture.
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…
4 May 2021
Last week’s violence was some of the worst the border has seen, with more than 40 killed. Credit photo: Wikimedia Commons In late March, while prematurely bragging about resolving Kyrgyzstan’s outstanding border uncertainties with Uzbekistan via land swaps, the chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s State…
19 April 2021
Main photo: "The only work they did was to demolish the houses and dig holes in the land," one former resident says. Rafoat Hoshimova and her family moved out of their house in the northern Tajik city of Khujand six years ago after it was announced their neighborhood would be demolished. City…
Value: $10,000,000.00
Donors: World Bank Group
Value: $1,645,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Value: $2,687,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Value: $9,700,000.00
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
Donors: United States Agency for International Development
16 June 2021
Recent border clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik troops, which have thus far claimed the lives of over 50 civilians and military personnel, are the latest skirmishes in what seems to be an eternal pattern of sovereignty-related disputes between the two Central Asian nations. There is a case to be…
