At COP-17, stone terraces and sunken greenhouses of Tajikistan were noted. Sayfiddin Karaev, asia+ As part of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (COP-17) in Ulaanbaatar, Tajikistan’s practices were presented as examples of sustainable land management. Among them are the creation of stone terraces
To learn more about how local communities are turning traditional knowledge and local resources into new economic opportunities, we spoke with Aigerim Umarbaeva, the OVOP (One Village, One Product) Coordinator for the Osh region. From women launching home-based businesses to producers transforming local crops into market-ready products, Aigerim shared how
Copyright CADI By Jesús Maturana ShareCommentsAdd Euronews on Google A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that forecasts, on a 10‑kilometre grid, how much farmland will lose productivity to climate change by 2100; Spain’s interior fares worse than the Cantabrian coast. A team at the Institute for Economic Analysis
Medications that stop working have never been a purely medical issue. A significant portion of the world’s antibiotics is used not in hospitals, but on farms. Here is a look at what published regional studies tell us about the situation. Kairat Tabynov, DVM, PhD, Veterinary Sector Consultant at the Regional
How can we ensure food safety and make agriculture resilient to climate change and transboundary threats? Dr. Budimir Plavšić, Regional Representative for the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in Europe, provides his expert insights on the matter. In this interview, we discuss why the “One Health” concept is becoming
From water scarcity and glacier melting to air pollution and food risks — Central Asia must seek ways to jointly address these issues. Saifiddin Qarayev, Asia+ 19.05.2026 17:28 Telegram Facebook WhatsApp Copy URL At the Regional Ecological Summit (RES 2026), held in Astana from April 22 to 24, 2026, environmental
On May 14, 2026, a meeting of the Council on Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change, under the Speaker of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, was held in Bishkek on the topic: “Comprehensive Measures for Sustainable Development: Biosafety, Ecology, and Innovation.”ивому развитию в условиях изменения климата
Representatives from 54 member states of the organization are expected to participate. photo FAO Preparations are underway in Dushanbe for the 35th session of the Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which will be held for the first time in the capital of
In Japan, government programs supporting rural development expanded significantly during the 1960s. However, global recognition emerged with the One Village One Product (OVOP) initiative, officially launched in 1979 in Ōita Prefecture by Governor Morihiko Hiramatsu. The idea is simple yet highly effective: each community identifies its unique product—whether agricultural, handicraft, or food-based—and develops
On February 5-6, 2026, a regional training on climate-resilient integrated water resources management (IWRM) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for representatives of basin and water management organizations in Central Asian countries, followed by a field visit to the Charvak Reservoir. The event was organized by the Regional Environmental Centre for
