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Now, under the Ardahan-Kars-Artvin Development (AKAD) Project that lasted 5 year, efforts of smallholding and non-farm investments to reduce rural poverty, investments in rural infrastructure and institutional capacity building are now bearing fruits.
Significant steps have been taken in the region whose major means of subsistence is livestock husbandry. One of such steps is the mobile shepherd’s shelters with solar power. Now there are a total of 86 mobile shepherd shelters with 61 in Ardahan, 20 in Kars and 5 in Artvin.
During the design of the shepherd’s shelters, shepherds and village masters were interviewed, shepherds’ needs in the field were identified, and efforts were made to provide comfort on par with homes.