Investing in rural people in Tajikistan

IFAD has been investing in the rural poor in Tajikistan since 2008, by strengthening local institutions and grass-roots organizations, and expanding their access to land, productive technologies and resources.

It has provided financing worth US$77.3 million to a total of four loan-financed projects/programmes with an overall cost of US$91.6 million and directly benefiting 127,310 households.

The IFAD country programme has been designed in collaboration with the Government and aims at supporting the livestock sector in the country and increasing the nutritional status and incomes of the rural poor.

Overall, the impact of the IFAD country portfolio has benefited rural communities through increased investment in productive infrastructure and equipment, better management of the resource base, increased viability of agricultural production, and improved animal health and productivity. Through the Livestock and Pasture Development Project Phase I (2011-2018), for example, 22,400 households in the Khatlon region have been able to increase their nutritional status and incomes by enhancing their livestock productivity.