Environmental policy and administrative management

The Project s objective is to demonstrate sustainable land use in rural communities through the promotion of innovative technologies of alternative agriculture combined with environmentally friendly methods for organic waste disposal aimed at improving soil fertility and reducing land degradation and environmental pollution in Tajikistan. The reason for the development of this Project is the existing problem of increasing environmental and land degradation in Tajikistan. Use of the agricultural lands without restoration of their fertility and violation of the agro-technical methods for crop cultivation resulted in degradation of the Tajikistan s land resources. Soil dehumidification is a negative factor accelerating land degradation and resulting in the aggravated degradation processes, such as compaction and decreasing soil porosity, etc., that cause desertification. Another factor contributing to environmental degradation, including air pollution, is the burning of fallen leaves in fall-winter periods, as well as the accumulation of agricultural organic wastes from markets and foodservice wastes that are often kept in suburb dumps and treatment facilities and disposed of in violation of the relevant environmental safety standards and rules. The main goal of the project is to demonstrate sustainable land management at the community level through the promotion of innovative technologies of alternative agriculture together with ecologically clean methods of recycling of organic wastes which are aimed at increasing of soil fertility, reduction of land degradation and pollution abatement in jamoat of Abdullo Abdulvosieva, Vakhdat.

Tajikistan