Government Resolution No. 150 validating Development program for the rabbit breeding sector for the period of 2022-2026.

Development program for the rabbit breeding sector for the period of 2022-2026 was developed with the aim of further developing the rabbit breeding industry, ensuring food security, reducing poverty, increasing the production of dietary rabbit meat and expensive rabbit fur. The rabbit breeding industry is one of the profitable branches of agriculture and its development helps to provide the population with dietary meat, and the industry with skins and fur. In the Republic of Tajikistan, rabbit farming can also play a significant role in the development of the country’s economy, like other livestock sectors as the climatic and natural conditions of the country contribute to the development of rabbit breeding. Currently, rabbit farming is mainly developed in the private sector and more than 33-35 thousand households are engaged in rabbit farming throughout the country. As a result of the implementation of this Program, the number of rabbits in all categories of farms will be increased from 100 thousand heads to 360 thousand heads. Also, during this period, it is planned to increase the production of dietary rabbit meat up to 1000 tons, producing up to 500 thousand pieces of skins.
The main goal of the Program is to increase the number of rabbits and the production of dietary meat, skins and fur, through the creation of dekhkan (peasant) farms and in the private sector, the widespread promotion of rabbit breeding, the creation of new jobs and improving the standard of living of the population.
To implement the Program, it is necessary to solve the following tasks: (a) raising the rabbit population in all categories of farms; (b) increasing the production of dietary rabbit meat, skins and expensive fur; (c) widespread involvement of the population in rabbit farming and the creation of new jobs; (d) increasing the efficiency of scientific research to create new jobs; (e) implementation of anti-epizootic measures to preserve the number of rabbits in public and dekhkan (peasant) farms, as well as in the private sector; (f) allocation of irrigated arable land and pastures to rabbit farms and natural persons involved in rabbit breeding; (g) creation of mini workshops for processing rabbit products, including skins and expensive fur; (h) taking specific measures to supply public enterprises, peasant farms and the private sector with purebred rabbits; (i) training of specialists within the country and abroad; (j) attracting domestic and foreign investments, as well as international organizations for the development of the sector and conducting research work; (k) strengthening the material and technical base of the industry and application of modern technologies; (l) allocation of preferential loans to rabbit breeding farms, especially newly constituted farms; (m) provision of benefits in the manner established by law; (n) establishing cooperation with the Russian branch of the World Association of Scientific Rabbit Breeding; (o) conducting research work to improve the breed of rabbits and create new highly productive breeds adapted to the conditions of Tajikistan; and (p) providing newly created farms with highly productive rabbits.