Poverty Reduction Strategy Of The Republic of Tajikistan For 2010-2012.

The Poverty Reduction Strategy is a cross-sectoral national strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan. Its main objective is to serve as a medium-term programme for the implementation of the National Development Strategy up to 2015.
The Strategy provides for a set of specific objectives including in the area of food security. Namely, it provides for the following priority areas: to make food available and accessible (economic and physical access) based on the sustainable development of the agricultural sector; to ensure food security and to provide nutritional food for the population, particularly the more vulnerable segments; and to ensure a stable food supply.
Further, the Strategy includes the following priorities regarding environmental sustainability on the basis of national goals and priorities: to strengthen the institutional capacity on environment in order to promote environmental sustainability; to address the issues of natural disasters through prevention and the effective natural resources management; and to maintain and manage biodiversity and the ecosystem.
Further, the document also notes about agricultural development. According to the Strategy, in order to increase efficiency in all agricultural sectors, the following are planned: to implement the Programme on Food Security until 2015; to draft and implement the Programme on the Social Development of the Rural Areas for 2010–2020, the National Programme for the Study on Labour Safety in the Agricultural Sector, the Programme for the Study of Rights and Obligations of Dehkan Farms as per the national Labour Code and the national law ―On the Labour Protection, the Project for Creating Accounting and Financial Centres for Dehkan Farms; to resolve the issue of converting farms into associations, companies, cooperatives, etc.; to strengthen the potential of dehkan farms led by women; and to train specialists in apiculture, potato growing, husbandry, cattle breeding, agribusiness, etc.
In the area of climate change, the document aims for strengthening the Centre for Climate Change Studies; developing the norms necessary for adaptation to climate change; rehabilitating mountainous, river banks and desert forests to strengthen foothills and stabilize the water flow process; and rehabilitate the networks of snow measurement stations. In the area of other natural disasters, the document notes about the importance of planting trees on foothills and areas subject to natural disasters and strengthening the banks of major rivers.
All of the practical activities aimed at PRS implementation will be coordinated by the government. Also, it will be ensured that the Medium-Term Budget Framework and annual budgets are consistent with the Strategy goals, tasks and measures. The monitoring and evaluation will involve all the various segments of society in the poverty reduction effort and the rational use of the internal and the external resources, ensuring independent, transparent assessment and result-oriented activities. Also, to ensure cooperation between all the government branches and civil society for national development based on constructive partnership principles, the National Development Council under the President of Tajikistan was established.