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Improved technology brings hope for more food production for rural population in the cold winter desert of Uzbekistan

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Tashkent, Uzbekistan ;

Pages 1p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas for Central Asia and the South Caucasus (ICARDA-CAC), in cooperation with FAO, conducted a Farmer Field School program in a village in Kyzylkum, which opened up access to new farming prospects for local smallholders. The publication shares a successful story of the farmer from Karakul district, Bukhara, Uzbekistan who has benefited from the improved variety of wheat seeds.

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