Fifty-four dairy cows were handed over to selected rural women in the Issyk-Kul province of Kyrgyzstan last week. Provision of the livestock – together with several units of agricultural machinery – was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Government of Switzerland. 

The handover event was attended by representatives of the Embassy of Switzerland in Kyrgyzstan, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, provincial and local governments, and FAO. It was a milestone in the Swiss-funded FAO project entitled, “Sustainable Agricultural Development of Issyk-Kul region.”