FAYZOBOD, June 5, Asia-Plus  - NGO Fayzbakhsh in the Fayzobod district, some 55 kilometers east of Dushanbe, conduct training seminars for local farmers on enhancing their activities.    

According to Ms. M. Mirzoyeva, NGO Fayzbakhsh has worked in the district since 1999.   “Last year, with assistance of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Fayzbakhsh constructed a water pipeline in the village of Lolagi,” said Ms. Mirzoyeva.  “Our activists are currently working in all jamoats of the district to raise awareness of local population of issues related to preventing spread of HIV/AIDS.”  

“In the Buston jamoat, we have conducted a series of seminars on establishment of dehqon (peasant) farms and making technological map of lands,” the Fayzbakhsh chairperson said.   

The Buston farmers intend to plant cucumber Ajax and tomatoes on the area of 15 hectares.  Under a contract concluded with the Dushanbe cannery Guli Surkh, 40 percent of harvests will be delivered for processing to the cannery and the remaining 60 percent will be realized on local markets.   

Besides, Fayzbakhsh jointly with the public organization Village Development is also implementing the project for development of local market.    

“Recently, representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development visited a number of farming units in the district on our invitation to consider the possibility of providing loans to local farmers,” Ms. Mirzoyeva said, noting that the issue is expected to be resolved in October-November this year.