President Urges Tajiks to Store Food Reserves

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon urged his countrymen to store two years' worth of food reserves (flour and grain) ahead of what is expected to be a harsh winter. Rakhmon said in a statement Wednesday that rising global commodity prices have made effective use of agricultural resources imperative. The World Bank estimates that three-quarters of Tajikistan's population is engaged in farming, but food scarcity still remains an acute problem. Hundreds of thousands of working-aged men have left the country for work, mainly in Russia, leaving behind a largely female rural workforce.

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