Almond seedlings production in a backyard nursery (Daler Domullodzhanov)
The availability of high-quality and drought-resistant fruit tree saplings is a major constraint to establishing agroforestry plots in the extremely dry agrolandscapes of Southern Tajikistan. While productive, these trees - Almonds, Apricots and Peaches - planted in agroforestry systems can help fight desertification through stabilizing slopes and reducing soil erosion. The FAO/GEF financed CACILM2 project promotes the establishment of backyard nurseries through farmer groups, formed in the targeted districts. The FAO project has coached women's group members to establish nurseries in their kitchen gardens. Season-long training workshops were held for groups of farmers (dominated by women) starting from the selection of better adapted, more productive, drought-resistant varieties. Training was also given on planting/transplanting, grafting, applying fertilizers and preparation of seedlings for transplantation. Farmer groups members have established nurseries in their kitchen gardens on plots of 200-300 square metres: each square metre can produce 20-30 grafted seedlings.
Lugar: Mushkurut village, Khatlon region, A. Jomi district, Tayikistán
No. de sitios de Tecnología analizados: 2-10 sitios
Difusión de la Tecnología: distribuida parejamente sobre un área (approx. < 0.1 km2 (10 ha))
¿En un área de protección permanente?: No
Fecha de la implementación: hace menos de 10 años (recientemente)
Tipo de introducción
| Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (USD) | Costos totales por insumo (USD) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
| Mano de obra | |||||
| Plowing of the land by hand, preparing the rows for the planting and planting seeds by hand | man days | 2,5 | 50,0 | 125,0 | 100,0 |
| Inter row cultivation and manual weeding | man days | 1,8 | 30,0 | 54,0 | 100,0 |
| Two times application of fertilizers, by hand | man days | 1,0 | 10,0 | 10,0 | 100,0 |
| Grafting | man days | 1,4 | 50,0 | 70,0 | |
| Equipo | |||||
| Grafting tools | set | 1,0 | 20,0 | 20,0 | |
| Material para plantas | |||||
| Seed of almond, apricot and peach | kg | 11,3 | 10,0 | 113,0 | |
| Fertilizantes y biocidas | |||||
| Mineral fertilizers | kg | 45,3 | 0,7 | 31,71 | |
| Otros | |||||
| Monitoring and providing consultations | man days | 0,5 | 50,0 | 25,0 | |
| Recording the activities realization in the field book | man days | 1,0 | 20,0 | 20,0 | 100,0 |
| Arranging of training on backyard nursery | man days | 1,0 | 50,0 | 50,0 | |
| Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología | 518.71 | ||||
| Costos totales para establecer la Tecnología en USD | 518.71 | ||||
| Especifique insumo | Unidad | Cantidad | Costos por unidad (USD) | Costos totales por insumo (USD) | % de los costos cubiertos por los usuarios de las tierras |
| Mano de obra | |||||
| Inter row cultivation and mannual weeding | man days | 1,8 | 30,0 | 54,0 | 100,0 |
| Two times application of fertilizers, by hand | man days | 1,0 | 10,0 | 10,0 | 100,0 |
| Monitoring and providing consultations | man days | 0,5 | 50,0 | 25,0 | 100,0 |
| Recording the activities realization in the field book | man days | 1,0 | 20,0 | 20,0 | 100,0 |
| Fertilizantes y biocidas | |||||
| Mineral fertilizers | kg | 45,3 | 0,7 | 31,71 | 100,0 |
| Indique los costos totales para mantenecer la Tecnología | 140.71 | ||||
| Costos totales para mantener la Tecnología en USD | 140.71 | ||||
Cantidad antes de MST: HIgh
Cantidad luego de MST: Low
The cost of seedlings decreased
Cantidad antes de MST: Low
Cantidad luego de MST: High
The income from the kitchen garden increased.
Cantidad antes de MST: Low
Cantidad luego de MST: High
The farmers produce drought-resistant seedlings to enhance farmers' resistance to climate change challenges.
Cantidad antes de MST: low
Cantidad luego de MST: high
The produced seedlings will help to establish and increase the agroforestry area, and will decrease GHG emissions.
