visible response in UDP plots, stimulating more comment and interest for later seasons. Applicators
continue to be tried and tested, with 61 injector applicators currently being shared among 682
farmers in 37 villages. Due to a lack of fertilizer plants, Myanmar presently imports 88 percent of
its fertilizer instead of producing its own. FSI also aims to strengthen the fertilizer sector, which will
ensure timely access to fertilizer and competitive prices for farmers, enabling them to increase the
currently low use of fertilizer in their fields.
Related Intervention Areas – Improve Nutrient Use Practices for Better Economic and
Environmental Outcomes; Improve Efficiency of Input Markets; Improve Management Capability and
Profitability of Farm Enterprises
Donor – USAID
Location – Myanmar
USAID Kyrgyz Agro-Input Enterprise Development
Follow-On Project
2010-2014
Overview – The USAID Kyrgyz Agro-Input Enterprise Development (KAED) Follow-On project
extended the impact of KAED on improving food security and rural incomes. The project enhanced
food security through expanded adoption of improved production technologies, value chain
linkages and PPPs. In 2013, KAED Follow-On helped diffuse livestock sector capital investment
under the Economic Development Fund Phase III (EDF III), continued its PPP with Oasis Agro in
poultry production and worked with Kumtor Gold Company in rehabilitating 1,250 ha of land.
The USAID-funded EDF III, launched in late 2013, assisted the livestock sector in increasing the
productivity and profitability of livestock farming in Kyrgyzstan. EDF III imported high-performing
cattle breeds and upgraded production systems, equipment, herd genetics and management
systems for nine professional and competitive livestock farms. In 2014, the first year of use of the new
equipment and better breeds, the livestock farms obtained 35 percent more milk and 80 percent
better weight gain in beef cattle from the supplied heifers. Completion of the KAED Follow-On
project culminates a 13-year sustained effort by USAID with IFDC to help improve agriculture in
Kyrgyzstan. Much has been achieved by this and the many other donor-funded projects since the
country’s independence, but there are areas and opportunities that likely will still require continued
outside support to realize their potential.
Related Intervention Areas – Improve Efficiency of Input Markets; Improve Management Capability
and Profitability of Farm Enterprises; Strengthen and Support Robust Output Markets; Analyze,
Inform and Influence Policy Reform
Collaborators – Kumtor Gold Company and Oasis Agro
Donor – USAID
Location – Kyrgyzstan
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