Bio-diversity

Ayni district is deemed mountainous area and located at some 200 km distance away from Dushanbe. The local populations are mainly engage with horticulture and animal husbandry. The area is not very rich in agriculture production as the number of flat arable lands is small. The majority territory of the district is considered arid zone and emerge of any land degradation process will be equal to desertification. The desertification process impact some 70-75 thousand people of the district. Ecological condition of lands is one of the essential problems within project target area. The lands are badly deteriorated and lost their original and production capacity. Overgrazed pasturelands, increased deforestation, inadequate land use and poor irrigation regime are the key reasons for occurrences of land degradation and desertification in target area. The project area covers mountain slopes lands, which are badly eroded and degraded. Each year their number in hectares is increasing due to loss of surface shrubbery grass on mountain slopes. This is to be stopped otherwise this will lead to huge ecological disasters. In order to prevent and protect further land degradation and desertification, NGO- Business Advisory and Information Centre Komron (BAIC Komron) of Ayni district, proposed to implement the project on rational and effective use of eroded mountain slopes through plantation of tree plants and undertake necessary anti-erosion actions. In the past all lands targeted under the project were covered by tree woods and grass bushes. Plantation of endemic trees and shrubbery in the eroded mountain slopes is adequate approach and will have great impact on prevention and protection of land from further erosion and desertification. Implementation of this project will also contribute to the development of horticulture, to high production, and to the improvement of land utilization, agro-techniques and employment resources. The project intends to expand tree plantation and shrubbery areas through adaptation and adoption of eroded mountain slopes. This will promote to improved utilization of eroded lands and will open-up new lands for agriculture and fruit productions. The project activities will be implemented in 10 ha of eroded land that is located at mountain slopes. Some 600 to 800 tree plants will be planted in each hectare, where production expectation equals to 25 tons per hectare. In total, the production from 10 ha of land will reach some 250 tons of fruits that will contribute to the improvement of living condition of the project beneficiaries.

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