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Governmental Decree No. 450 validating State Program on development of new irrigated land and rehabilitation of land withdrawn from agricultural turnover in the Republic of Tajikistan for the period of 2012-2020.

Country/Territory
Tajikistan
Document type
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Policy/planning Irrigation Agricultural land Agricultural development Rural employment Food security
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, Landlocked Developing Countries, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Governmental Decree enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

State Program on development of new irrigated land and rehabilitation of land withdrawn from agricultural turnover in the Republic of Tajikistan for the period of 2012-2020 was elaborated with a view of increase of efficiency of agricultural production of the country, provision of rural population with jobs and on this basis improvement of living standards of citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan. Lack of irrigated area is connected with difficult relief-geographical conditions. Agricultural lands make up 32.1 percent of the country's territory. Comparative analysis of the prospective development, population size and current rates of development of new lands indicates that by 2025 the specific area of irrigated land will be reduced to 0.08 hectares per capita. Taking into account the salinization of some irrigated lands, unacceptable groundwater level, water deficit in the areas of machine irrigation, construction of urban, rural and industrial facilities at the expense of irrigated land, the specific availability of irrigated land in the country by 2025 may decrease to 0.06 hectares per capita. Food security depends not only on the total number of irrigated land, but also on their fertility. However, in the country as a whole, the stock of necessary irrigated fields remains a decisive factor. One of the main reasons for the withdrawal of most of these lands from agricultural turnover was the deterioration of hydraulic structures (waterworks) and on-farm pumping stations on the balance sheet of reformed farms. For many years, the reformed farms have not been monitoring and repairing hydraulic structures, irrigation and drainage networks. Along with the restoration of land withdrawn from agricultural turnover, the development of new irrigated land is of strategic importance for the development of agriculture. In proportion to the growth of Tajikistan's population, the development of new land should be carried out annually on thousands of hectares. However, due to the lack of funds, the Program provides for a logically possible number of new irrigated areas development.

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