In May 2026 within the project “Restoration of sustainable landscapes in Tajikistan” assessed the condition of pastures in the Shakhritus, Kubodiyon and Nosiri Khusrav districts of Khatlon region.
The monitoring was attended by specialists from the Institute of Livestock and Pastures of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan, project technical specialists from the target areas, as well as pasture management experts.
The purpose of the monitoring was to study the condition of pastures, assess the effectiveness of fencing degraded areas, determine the productivity of forage lands and analyze the impact of project activities on the restoration of natural resources.
The pastures in these areas are classified as winter pastures. Their productivity directly depends on the amount of precipitation. Spring rains can increase the yield of natural forage lands by two to three times, and dry years, on the contrary, reduce the feed supply for livestock.
In the Kubodiyonsky district there are more than 89 thousand hectares of pastures. With the support of the project, seven associations of pasture users were created here, to which over 10 thousand hectares of land were transferred.
By 2026, the pasture rotation system was organized on an area of 8 thousand 145 hectares. On the Chirik plot, owned by the Takhti Sangin private enterprise, a three-hectare fenced area showed an average yield of 2.5 centners of dry feed mass per hectare. At another site, the yield was about 4.5 centners of dry weight per hectare.
In the Kurdzhalolkum area, where protective saxaul plantings were created on an area of 200 hectares, vegetation productivity was two to three times higher than in open areas. Here the pasture yield reached 8–9 centners of dry forage per hectare.
In the Shakhritus region, the total area of pastures is more than 107 thousand hectares. As part of the project, seven pasture user associations have been created here, covering over 8 thousand hectares of land.
A pasture rotation system has been introduced on an area of 6 thousand 585 hectares. Thanks to this, pasture yields increased by 15–25% compared to previous years.
At the Sayyod demonstration site, a two-hectare fenced area showed a yield of 9.5 centners of dry fodder per hectare. Compared to last year, productivity has increased by 30–40%.
In Nosiri Khusrav district there are more than 55 thousand hectares of winter pastures. Here, the project has created six associations of pasture users, covering more than 2 thousand 100 hectares of land.
Pasture rotation is organized on an area of 1 thousand 727 hectares. This made it possible to increase pasture productivity by approximately 15% compared to last year.
At the site of the Istiklol pasture users association, 3 hectares of degraded land were fenced off. Here it was possible to restore natural grass even on sandy and gravelly soils.
More than 500 pistachio seedlings were also planted in this area. According to research data, the productivity of natural forage lands here ranged from 6.5 to 7.8 centners of dry forage mass per hectare, which is 15–20% higher than in previous years.
The project “Restoring Sustainable Landscapes in Tajikistan” is part of the World Bank’s RESILAND CA+ program aimed at improving the resilience of regional landscapes in Central Asian countries. The project is also being implemented in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
The Regional Environmental Center of Central Asia is implementing the regional component of the project “Restoration of Sustainable Landscapes in Tajikistan”.
