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Tajikistan - Month 5

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Includes (in order): HH visit & didars in GBAO; roundtable on cross-border trade with Afghanistan; pasture assessments in Vanj; hike in Varzob Valley

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Nurek (en route from Dushanbe to Khorog for HH's visit and didars) Views[40] After spending a frigid night with 9 other people in a Land Cruiser, the rising sun was a welcome sight in Ishkashim on the morning of the didar Views[25] Views[24] The mass exodus after the didar (an estimated 30 000 people were in attendance for the first of two didars in Tajikistan for HH's Golden Jubilee) Views[33] Views[34]
 
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En route from Ishkashim back to Khorog (I didn't get any pictures from the didar in Porshnev/Khorog) Views[28] Views[33] The MSDSP office in Khorog Views[65] A colleague's presentation at the roundtable on cross-border trade with Afghanistan (in the district of Darvaz) Views[36] Roundtable participants discussing the challenges of cross-border trade, such as high-priced visas, lack of transportation routes, and the expansion of cheap, imported goods from China Views[27]
 
An Afghan participant Views[29] Views[33] Roundtable participants Views[28] Bad weather in Vanj (including the first snow of the year, yay!) forced me to postpone my field research on seed associations Views[32] Views[28]
 
Sylvie and our welcoming party in one of the villages in Vanj Views[26] Collecting data from local government about area of pasture land Views[28] Sylvie and an MSDSP colleague introducing the pasture assessment tools to a group of village shepherds Views[22] Views[30] Creating a village map to identify pasture users Views[29]
 
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En route from Vanj to Darvaz (Afghanistan providing the gorgeous mountains in the background) Views[35] Views[240] Ploughs in a warehouse in Darvaz that will hopefully be the future site of an agro-services centre (so farmers don't have to get things like fertilizer and seeds all the way from Dushanbe) Views[24] Views[35] Views[35]
 
Me and Miss Heidi on a beautiful snowy hike in Varzob Valley, just outside of Dushanbe Views[47] Views[24] Views[39] Views[29] Views[34]
 
Views[38] Views[39] Seena going for the snowball ambush (or maybe tying his shoe) Views[37] Max and Heidi Views[35] Views[30]
 
Views[31] We cuddled up in this shepherd's hut for a picnic lunch Views[33] Views[36] Views[48] Views[38]
 
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