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Healthy and local is the focus of this special collection around the people who grow and bring organic food to local markets and the people who shop at these markets. Topics also include how farmers grow organic food and the quality of our food supply around issues to include local economy, seeding, use of pestisides and fertilisers, water, food security, availability and pricing.

Curated by earthsayer

June 17, 2026

Tajikistan faces significant health and environmental risks from obsolete Soviet-era pesticides. A pilot project, supported by FAO, the Global Environment Facility, and Tajikistan's Committee for Environmental Protection, successfully cleaned a contaminated mini-landfill in Jayhun District.

This operation safely removed 33 tons of pesticides and 5,000 tons of polluted soil, transferring them to a specialized hazardous waste facility. The initiative provides a replicable model for remediating approximately 200 similar sites nationwide, allowing local communities to reclaim land for sustainable agriculture, including future lemon greenhouses.

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