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Food safety in Turkmenistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) published a working paper titled: Strengthening Food Safety Systems in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Member Countries: Current Status, Framework, and Forward Strategies...

Wheat production in Turkmenistan

Wheat is the most important staple in Turkmen household. Bread is the first thing that is put on Turkmen saçak (a dining table cloth) and the first thing offered to foreign delegates when they step into the Turkmen soil...

Food Security in Turkmenistan

The World Bank recently released the global food security update. According to the World Bank’s Food Inflation Heat Map, inflation rates of food prices of 2% and below are the best, 2-5% is good, 5-30% is not great, and...

What contributes to GDP growth in Turkmenistan?

What is GDP? GDP or Gross Domestic Product provides a snapshot of country’s economic performance and the size of its overall economy.  It measures the monetary value of all final goods and services (those that are...

How does the brain drain impact Turkmen society?

“Governments must reorient their policies from attempting to curtail migration to coping and working with it to seek benefits for all. The flows cannot be effectively constrained and must instead be creatively...