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The State of Water Resources in Central Asia

The World Meteorological Organization has recently published its first State of Global Water Resources report which assesses the effects of climate, environmental and societal change on global water resources...

Palaw Index November / 2022

November 2022: The Palaw Index drops by 16.7%. Wheat flour prices face a drop of 33% on an annual basis. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 80.6 Turkmen manat in November 2022, which is 4.6% lower month...

Methane emissions in Turkmenistan

A recently published report Methane in Central Asia: emissions, trends, actions by Zoï Environment Network looks into methane emissions in Central Asian countries. The report presents an overview of the source of the...

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...

Water shortage: Can desalination help Turkmenistan?

Turkmenistan is experiencing water shortage and it is expected to get worse over time because of global warming. Future projections show that severe droughts are expected up to 9 out 10 years by the 2090s. Water demand...

Palaw Index October / 2022

October 2022: Another big drop in the cost of palaw. Sunflower oil prices seeing the drop of 15% on an annual basis. The average cost of cooking palaw in Ashgabat was 84.5 Turkmen manat in October 2022, which is 0.5%...

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