Uzbekistan

Phase III – Training and Capacity Building

Project overview

Number of participating farmers	Project area (hectares)	Annual SOC sequestration potential (tCO2e)
19	1 566	412

Implementing Institutions	Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research FAO Representation in Uzbekistan
Main Crops	Livestock; cotton; wheat; medicinal plants,

Soil threats addressed

SSM practices implemented

Soil organic cover (e.g. cover cropping, organic mulch…)
Crop diversification (e.g. crop rotation, intercropping…)
Organic matter additions (e.g. manure additions, green manure, compost application, residue management…)
Chemical and mineral additions (e.g. fertilizer management, mineral fertilization, fertigation)
Integrated nutrient management (e.g. fertilizer management, mineral fertilization, fertigation…)
Erosion control (e.g terracing, shelterbelts, hedges, and buffer strips…)
Irrigation management (i.e. drip irrigation, hand-moved sprinkler, permanent sprinkler…)
Water management (e.g. water harvesting, drainage, land shaping and levelling, soil moisture assessment…)
Grazing management (e.g. improved pasture management, grazing exclusion and rotational grazing, pastoralism…)
Integrated systems (e.g. agroforestry, sylvopastoral systems, syntropic agriculture, permaculture, agropisciculture, saline agriculture…)

Number of samples taken	80 samples for laboratory analysis (40 sampling stations)
Soil indicators to be analysed and SOPs used	Total carbon – dry combustion Total Nitrogen - Kjeldahl Soil respiration – respirometer Bulk density – cylinder pH – pH meter EC - conductimeter Percent C - calculation Percent N - calculation B S CEC (Na, Mg, K, Ca) – atomic adsorption Bases N-NH4+ - colorimeter N-NO3- - colorimeter

“Workshop on RECSOIL Implementation”- in person – English with Uzbek translation – 18 March 2024. To introduce the project in the country, an in-person workshop was held in which participants were introduced to the project activities, data collection methodologies. article | photogallery
“RECSOIL technical training: stratification of the project area, definition of sampling design and density” – virtual – English with Uzbek translation – 28 October – 1 November 2024 – 15 participants. Participants were trained on spatial tools used in RECSOIL and the process of defining the monitoring plan.