BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 12. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is assisting families in the Khatlon region of Tajikistan in growing potatoes and wheat, Trend reports citing the USAID's press service.
With USAID's support, a total of 25,000 families in 12 target districts of Tajikistan's Khalton region will get seed potatoes, wheat seeds and mineral fertilizer from October 24 through November 30, 2022.
The State Agency of Social Protection has backed the initiative by providing an official list of food-insecure families in the target districts.
As the USAID said, these families have become more vulnerable to the shocks and economic pressures caused by regional and cross-border conflicts, which have resulted in reduced remittance inflows, supply chain disruptions, and price increases for both imported basic goods and locally produced and seasonal food sources.
"I am proud that we are able to carry out this timely intervention to increase family production, enhancing food security during a period of crises with rising prices," the USAID Tajikistan Mission Director Peter Riley said.
He added that through this activity, USAID assists the Government of Tajikistan to reduce hunger, undernutrition, and poverty of smallholder farmers by providing inputs for production when stressed farmers would likely otherwise skimp on these increasingly expensive investment.