Fruit orchard

Tajikistan

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August 25th 2015
Wow! It has been almost a week, and I still can’t get my head around the fact that we are in Tajikistan!! We are on another US Aid ACDI project and loving it! It is fascinating. Ed’s project is orchard management which is quickly becoming much easier than my record keeping project. We are here until Sept 5th, so a very short time to try to get up to speed on the needs of the groups we a ... read more

Asia » Tajikistan

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The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860s and 1870s, but Russia's hold on Central Asia weakened following the Revolution of 1917. Bolshevik control of the area was fiercely contested and not fully reestablished until 1925. Tajikistan beca... ... read more