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ProjectDemonstration of Diversification and Sustainable Crop Production Intensification - TCP/UZB/3601 2020
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No results found.Agriculture represents the largest sector of Uzbekistan’s economy and has the potential to add to overall economic growth and raise rural incomes. However, the sector under irrigated farming conditions is characterized by the dominance of the cotton and wheat monocropping system, which has been the source of major phytosanitary and environmental problems, with repercussions throughoutthe Central Asia region. The overall objective of this project was to assist the Government of Uzbekistan in improving farmers’ competitiveness through the promotion of sustainable crop management techniques, characterized by higher productivity and cropping system diversification, while ensuring the environmental services that healthy agro-ecosystems provide. For this purpose, the project had a strong capacity-building component (demonstration and training) aimed at strengthening national capacities in both the implementation of sustainable agriculture systems (farmers, extension staff and government) and setting the basis for the formulation of related policies. Specifically, the projectaimed to achieve the following: ‒Address the irrigated agricultural sector, as this generates the largest proportion of GDP and directly supports the livelihoods of the largest share of the population. ‒Test, validate and demonstrate sustainable strategies for crop production intensification and diversification. ‒Develop policy recommendations to encourage the promotion of sustainable crop production intensification and diversification practices. -
BookletContributions of biodiversity to the sustainable intensification of food production - Thematic study for The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019
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No results found.This thematic study has been prepared as a contribution to the FAO publication, The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture. In support of the objective of sustainability and in parallel with the publication of The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture report, the current study explores the roles of biodiversity in the sustainable intensification of food production. -
Book (stand-alone)Establishing best practices and approaches for climate-adapted and biodiversity-friendly integrated natural resource management Farmer Field Schools in cold winter deserts
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No results found.Recent population growth in Uzbekistan necessitates increase in productivity of agricultural crops extensively or intensively. This report shows how the concept of a farmer field school can help to improve the food security of small farmers and to involve uncultivated desert lands in production of food crops.By reading this report, you will find out how two farmer field schools were implemented in research sites located in Durmon and Chuya villages of Uzbekistan. The report explains that the improved wheat variety resulted in 116 to 241 percent higher grain yield than the local variety. The second major outcome specified in this report is that winter chickpea was successfully cultivated in the cold winter desert. Read this report to learn the following important impacts:-Adoption of improved wheat varieties would play an important role in improving food security of the farmers living in the cold winter desert of Uzbekistan.-Food security in the cold winter deserts can be improved by cultivating chickpea on previously uncultivated land and help ease pressure on the limited cultivable land in Uzbekistan.
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