In February 2024, the government of Turkmenistan announced an increase in state purchasing prices for wheat and cotton with the aim of boosting agricultural productivity and incentivizing farmers. This move, which marks...
Central Asia is a home for several major sand and dust sources, among that is the Karakum Desert which makes up approximately 80% of the area of Turkmenistan. Low annual precipitation level coupled with predominantly...
An opinion piece by Rahat Sabyrbekov, a visiting scholar at Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harward University sheds light on climate change challenges and decarbonization efforts in Central Asia. The...
A new report by the World Bank titled “Greening the Economy of Europe and Central Asia” provides a detailed overview of the current state of carbon emissions and climate change preparedness of the emerging market and...
In 2023 several international researchers in collaboration with researchers from Turkmenistan conducted an Assessment of Wildlife and Protected Areas of Turkmenistan. The assessment was done with the help of the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) published an article recommending Four Ways to Adapt Roads in Central Asia to Climate Change. The average temperature in Central Asia is likely to increase between 2°C and 5.7°C by the...
In 2023, Turkmenistan exceeded its job creation target by nearly threefold, generating 7,607 new jobs compared to the planned 2,688, reports Orient. After having examined this data closely and put in light of the...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) conducted a comprehensive study to integrate five Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – into a...
December 2023: the cost of palaw dropped by 13.1% in 2023. Sunflower oil and wheat flour prices had the largest impact on palaw prices. In December 2023, Ashgabat witnessed a significant reduction in the average cost...
TurkmenNet remains slow, expensive and highly restricted with the majority of the world’s IP addresses remaining blocked. Internet blockade persisted throughout 2023. While the right to information is guaranteed...
