July, 2013
This monthly electronic newsletter provides a snapshot of some of the current work of the Regional Program for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Central Asia and the Caucasus, supported by the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The Program aims at reducing poverty and hunger, improving human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience through high-quality international research, partnership and leadership in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia).

Contacts

CGIAR Program Facilitation Unit for Central Asia and the Caucasus
c/o International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
P.O. Box 4375
Tashkent 100000
Uzbekistan

Tel.:
(998-71) 237-21-30/69/04; 234-82-16; 234-83-57; 237-47-19

E-mail:
pfu-tashkent@cgiar.org

Web site:
www.cac-program.org

Efforts are under way in Central Asia to conserve fruit crops like this local pomegranate variety Kay Achchik in Uzbekistan. Photo by Mikhail Djavakyantc. /  Öåíòðàëüíîé Àçèè ïðîäîëæàåòñÿ ðàáîòà ïî ñîõðàíåíèþ ïëîäîâûõ êóëüòóð òàêèõ, êàê ýòîò ìåñòíûé ñîðò ãðàíàòà Êàé À÷÷èê â Óçáåêèñòàíå. Ôîòî Ìèõàèëà Äæàâàêÿíöà.

New database on fruit species in Central Asia goes online

Date: July 15, 2013

A portal and a central database on fruit crops and wild fruit species in Central Asia are now available on the Internet.

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Новая база данных для Центральной Азии

Дата: July 15, 2013

Информационный портал и центральная база данных по плодовым культурам и их диким сородичам в Центральной Азии теперь доступны в сети Интернет.

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Scientists, policymakers and practitioners are working on ways to make knowledge on sustainable land management more accessible for local populations and authorities for practical use and the shaping of better informed policies. Photo taken by Farhod Hamraev at the inception workshop of the new IFAD-funded project on knowledge management in CACILM. / Ó÷åíûå, äîëæíîñòíûå ëèöû è ïðàêòèêàíòû ðàáîòàþò, ÷òîáû ñäåëàòü çíàíèÿ ïî óñòîé÷èâîìó óïðàâëåíèþ çåìåëüíûìè ðåñóðñàìè áîëåå äîñòóïíûìè äëÿ ìåñòíîãî íàñåëåíèÿ è ðóêîâîäÿùèõ îðãàíîâ äëÿ ïðàêòè÷åñêîãî èñïîëüçîâàíèÿ è ðàçðàáîòêè áîëåå ðàöèîíàëüíûõ ñòðàòåãèé. Ôîòî, ñíÿòîå Ôàðõîäîì Õàìðàåâûì âî âðåìÿ ââîäíîãî ñåìèíàðà, ïîñâÿùåííîãî íîâîìó ïðîåêòó ïî óïðàâëåíèþ çíàíèÿìè ÈÑÖÀÓÇÐ ïðè ôèíàíñîâîé ïîääåðæêå ÈÔÀÄ.

Strengthening knowledge on Sustainable Land Management in Central Asia

Date: July 1, 2013

A new project to streamline the use and creation of knowledge on sustainable land management (SLM) in Central Asia in the face of climate change has been recently launched during an inception workshop in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic.

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Укрепление знаний по устойчивому управлению земельными ресурсами в Центральной Азии

Дата: July 1, 2013

Вводный семинар нового проекта по оптимизации использования и созданию базы знаний по устойчивому управлению земельными ресурсами (УУЗР) в Центральной Азии в условиях изменения климата прошел в Бишкеке, Кыргызская Республика.

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