As Turkmenistan works to modernize food production, representatives from dozens of foreign companies were in the country this week for meetings on the agricultural and food industries as well as the packaging of goods. The Agro Pack Turkmenistan-2026 event reflected the Central Asian country’s effor
According to the results of the first half of 2026, Kyrgyzstan’s food and processing industry demonstrated strong growth. Output reached 57,126.1 billion soms, and the physical production index increased by 8.2 percent compared to the same period last year, the National Statistical Committee reported.
В Астане состоялась церемония по случаю вступления Азербайджана в Исламскую организацию по продовольственной безопасности (Islamic Organization for Food Security - IOFS). Как передает казахстанское бюро Report , об этом сообщили в IOFS. В рамках мероприятия в штаб-квартире IOFS впервые был поднят фл
The Fourth High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action, “ Water for Sustainable Development ,“ taking place in Dushanbe on May 25-28, comes at a difficult moment. Central Asia’s water problem is no longer only about environmental management; it is moving into the field
To digitalize the state veterinary control system, ensure transparency of government services, and strengthen food security, inspections of goods imported from third countries are now conducted through the Sanarip VET information system. The Ministry of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan reported.
Tajikistan has nearly halved its undernourishment rate over the past decade, but food insecurity and access to healthy diets remain major challenges for a significant share of the population, according to a new regional report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The
As part of a working visit to Talas region, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Kyrgyzstan Rustam Baltabaev visited Talas Daamy, one of the region’s largest milk processors and producers of cheese and butter.
More than 26 million people in Central Asia are affected by drought. Land degradation, drought, and water shortages are increasingly transforming the region’s landscapes and the lives of its population, the UN News Service reports.
Kyrgyzstan ranked 50th out of 169 countries in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index, scoring 74.6 out of 100, the Sustainable Development Report 2026 says.
A new poultry farm Kirovets has been opened in Kyrgyzstan. It can produce up to 180,000 eggs per day and will create 25 new jobs.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has amended the decree temporarily banning the export of farm animals outside of Kyrgyzstan. The corresponding decision was made on May 21.
Central Asian countries must accelerate the transition from discussing climate goals to implementing them in practice, as water scarcity intensifies and the impacts of climate change deepen, participants at a regional conference said on Friday. A key event on the final day of the Regional Ecological
Kazakhstan’s Regional Ecological Summit 2026 in Astana on April 22-24 is aiming to turn Central Asia’s environmental strain into a regional political agenda. Organized in partnership with the United Nations, the summit is built around the theme, “Shared Vision for a Resilient Future.” Its stated pur
The Regional Ecological Summit 2026 will take place in Astana on April 22-24. The event is intended to elevate Central Asia’s water and environmental agenda to the level of systemic solutions. Alongside preparations for the summit, however, an increasingly alarmist narrative is gaining traction amon
On April 22–24, Astana will host the Regional Ecological Summit with the participation of numerous United Nations agencies and international partners. It is expected to produce a joint declaration and a Regional Program of Action for 2026–2030, giving it a formal ambition beyond that of a standard d
President Sadyr Japarov said that Kyrgyzstan will gradually abandon the practice of mass transformation of agricultural land for individual housing construction. He announced this during a meeting with residents of Ak-Tala district of Naryn region, responding to a request for the allocation of land plots.
Chinese companies proposed building a plant for the production of urea and nitrogen fertilizers in Kyrgyzstan. The project was discussed during a working visit by Erlist Akunbekov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Adylbek Kasymaliev and Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Turchin, who arrived in the country on an official visit, held a bilateral meeting.
Conference-related events began in Dushanbe on Monday, May 25, as Tajikistan hosts the Fourth High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development,” 2018-2028 . The week gives Tajikistan a fresh stage for a role it has built for years: using w
The Antimonopoly Regulation Service under the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Kyrgyzstan has identified serious challenges in the operations of dairy processing enterprises in the northern regions of Kyrgyzstan. The issue involves declining sales of domestic dairy products both on the domestic market and abroad.
