Country Profile
When Tajikistan was under the Soviet Union, the country’s agricultural production was controlled by directives and quotas from the government. Agronomists assigned to the collective farms (Kolkhoz and Sovkhoz) provided extension and advisory services. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the ensuing civil war (1992-93) the country extension services are being provided today by a range of service providers: the public sector represented by the State extension officers, who are attached to the Ministry of Agriculture or to the regional or provincial governments; the private sector through private advisory services run by both international and domestic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private companies; Internal advice within collective Dehkon farms and non-privatized enterprises; and local forms of knowledge exchange and mutual consultation inside the Mahalla (Mandler, 2010). The main trend in delivering extension services by donor funded projects is a “pay-per-service” approach ranging from being crop or livestock specific, expecting farmers to pay part of the full cost of advisory services, or attempting to recover these cost indirectly through input supply or micro-credit firms (Swanson et al., 2001). The resulting effect of this approach is that only a few progressive farmers with export market access are served and the vast majority of poor farm households, especially those headed by women farmers do not have access to extension services. For a full report on the pluralistic agricultural extension system in Tajikistan, click HERE
When Tajikistan was under the Soviet Union, the country’s agricultural production was controlled by directives and quotas from the government. Agronomists assigned to the collective farms (Kolkhoz and Sovkhoz) provided extension and advisory services. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the ensuing civil war (1992-93) the country extension services are being provided today by a range of service providers: the public sector represented by the State extension officers, who are attached to the Ministry of Agriculture or to the regional or provincial governments; the private sector through private advisory services run by both international and domestic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private companies; Internal advice within collective Dehkon farms and non-privatized enterprises; and local forms of knowledge exchange and mutual consultation inside the Mahalla (Mandler, 2010). The main trend in delivering extension services by donor funded projects is a “pay-per-service” approach ranging from being crop or livestock specific, expecting farmers to pay part of the full cost of advisory services, or attempting to recover these cost indirectly through input supply or micro-credit firms (Swanson et al., 2001). The resulting effect of this approach is that only a few progressive farmers with export market access are served and the vast majority of poor farm households, especially those headed by women farmers do not have access to extension services. For a full report on the pluralistic agricultural extension system in Tajikistan, click HERE
The Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) project conducted an assessment of the pluralistic extension system in Tajikistan in October 2011. The executive summary of the report is available at http://www.meas-extension.org/meas-offers/country_studies/country-overview/tajikistan and the full report is available through the USAID Development Experience Clearing House, https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/home/Default.aspx.
Farmer Based Organizations and
| Public Sector
Public Research Institutions with Extension Unit
| Related ResourcesThe Ministry of Agriculture Minister: Tursun Rakhmatov 44, Rudaki avenue, 734025 Dushambe, Tajikistan Tel: +(992 372) 21 1596, 21 1094, 21 7118 (no URL could be identified) The Ministry of Nature Protection 12, Bokhtaar str., 34025 Dushambe, Tajikistan Tel: +(992 372) 21 3039, 21 4271, 21 6530 Fax: +(992 372) 21 1839 Academy of Sciences President: Ulmas Mirsaidov 33, Rudaki avenue, 734025 Dushambe, Tajikistan Tel: +(992 372) 21 5083, 21 5084 Academy of Agricultural Sciences 44, Rudaki avenue, 734025 Dushambe, Tajikistan Tel: +(992 372) 21 7004, 21 3680; Fax: +(992 372) 21 3757 E-mail: agroacad@tajik.net N.A. Maksumov Scientific Research-Production Center "Ziroatkor" and Scientific Research Institute of Farming Under the authority of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences Head: Tolib Bukhoriev Sharora village, 735022 Gissar region, Tajikistan Ex situ germplasm conservation: 300 of landraces of cereals, legumes and fodder grasses Scientific Production Center "Bogparvar" Under the authority of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences 17, Giprozemgorodok, Dushambe, Tajikistan Head: Tursunboy Akhmedov Tel: +(992 372) 31 3747, 31 1538 Includes: centers on gardening, viticulture, vegetables, potatoes Ex situ germplasm conservation: landraces of cereals and legumes State Variety Testing and Protection Committee Under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture Head: Safarali Orikov 23, Mushfiki, Dushambe, Tajikistan Tel: +(992 372) 33 2991, 33 1933, 33 1949 Ex situ germplasm conservation: landraces of cereals, legumes and fodder grasses Forestry Production Center "Tajikles" Head: Komil Abdukodirov 22, Rustaveli, Dushambe, 734025, Tajikistan Tel: +(992 372) 23 1992, 21 140 Herbarium |
