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Tajikistan is the poorest ex-Soviet state, albeit with a reduced poverty headcount over the past ten years. Over half the population reside in the countryside and depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Though delayed by civil war in the 1990s, major land reforms have been implemented in recent decades, but legacies of Tajikistan’s Soviet history can still be found in aspects of today’s land governance.
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Land Area
13,879,000 ha
GDP/Capita
3,903.3 USD
Total population
9,750,060
Urban population
27.1 %
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Women owning land
12.8 %
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08 March 2023
Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping.
Main photo: Depleted land needs more water, which is already insufficient across much of Central Asia. (David Trilling)
The soils of Central Asia yield far less meat, dairy and produce today than…
07 October 2022
A man who tried against all odds to build a successful business on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border was killed in fighting last month. Matisa Nadyrov told Eurasianet of his dreams just a few months ago.
A disused army target-practice site was not an obvious place to build a poultry farm, but the spot…
22 September 2022
Conflicts have intensified across the former Soviet Union, now in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It’s a worrying and disillusioning development for the region.
Main photo: A man looks at a house damaged during fighting in Batken, southwestern Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/…
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Due to the mountainous topography of Tajikistan, only around 6% of total land is arable
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07 April 2022
The Land Portal published a new country portfolio for Tajikistan as part of our Country Insights initiative. The initiative seeks to expand knowledge about how countries govern their land, the challenges they face, and the innovative solutions they find to manage land tenure issues.
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