Sitting 3,270 meters above sea level, Tajikistan’s Murghab district grapples with an unforgiving climate. The arid and mountainous landscape along with winter temperatures as low as -24°C make vegetable cultivation almost impossible. The mainstay of the population in one of…
The Aga Khan Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of ‘The Silk Road: A Living History’ virtual exhibition by travel photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer. The virtual edition presents the photographs from the original outdoor exhibition alongside video and audio content…
“The economic potential of the country should be considered as the material basis of national security.” National Development Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Period up to 2030 The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is working in partnership with…
Micro-forests are small, dense, biodiverse forests that grow fast in urban and rural areas alike. Through our GROW initiative, we are on a mission to plant thousands of micro-forests with communities around the world to boost biodiversity, support livelihoods, and…
22 March | 3:30-4:45pm ET | Online At this year’s UN Water Conference, AKF and other AKDN agencies will be co-hosting a side event ‘Adopting the Water-Energy-Food-Environment Nexus for a water-wise energy transition’ with the Tajikistan Ministry of Energy and…
What’s the purpose of the conference? Co-hosted by the Governments of Tajikistan and the Netherlands and taking place at UN General Assembly in New York between 22-24 March 2023, the Conference is a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue which will result…
On 8 February 2023, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and the European Union (EU) launched a new €16 million programme to improve natural resource management and living conditions in Zarafshon Valley in Tajikistan’s mountainous northwest. Part of the EU’s Rural…
Alarms are ringing throughout the world: the most ruinous floods in Pakistan’s history, the worst drought in a generation in East Africa, Everest base camp turned from a frigid outpost to a lakeside camp. These are all signs that climate…
Located in eastern Tajikistan on the border with Afghanistan, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) sits at an altitude of 2,300 to 4,000m above sea level. Its dry, continental climate and annual rainfall of 250 to 300mm means that the growing season…
Reaffirming and recognising its commitment to the role of water as being essential for resilience and sustainable development, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) participated in the Second High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable…