Agricultural development in Kyrgyzstan is being hampered by farmers’ lack of access to quality seeds, finance and market information, according to a new FAO assessment of value chains and the agribusiness environment.

Additional factors slowing the development include scattered production and the prevalence of production cooperatives over service ones, said the report, which also offered a number of recommendations for improvement.

“Kyrgyzstan has great potential to improve its agricultural value chains, and FAO's report highlights many areas for future action in the development sector to address the gaps,” said FAO agrifood economist John O’Connell, a co-author of the report.