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FAO / STRENGTHENING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA

The Europe and Central Asia region saw up to 19 million people suffering from severe food insecurity in the three-year period between 2015 and 2017. The Food and Agriculture Organization, with the support of the Russian Federation, has implemented innovative pilot projects in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to improve food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and improving lives along the way.

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Shotlist STORY: FAO / STRENGTHENING FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
TRT: 16 ’:01’’
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT FAO ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARMENIANIN / TAIJIK / KYRGYZ / NATS
DATELINE: 2019, ARMENIA, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN

SHOTLIST:

2019, ARARAT PROVINCE, ARMENIA
1. Wide shot, of mountains in Ararat Province in Armenia
2. Pan left, of mountains
3. Wide shot, nature and people walking
4. Med shot, tree
5. Wide shot, fruit at the market
6. Various shots, of fruit and vegetable and market employees
7. Several shot, of scenery
8. Wide shot, small greenhouse
9. Med shot, people checking vegetable inside the greenhouse
10. Med shot, women cutting cabbage and cucumber
11. Med shot, children with parent
12. Med shot, children eating lunch in the town of Vedi, Armenia
13. Wide shot, people working inside the greenhouse
14. Wide shot, children's walking
15. Close up, farmers cutting green tomato
16. Med shot, farmers cutting green tomato
17. Wide shot, children eating lunch at the school canteen
18. Wide shot, school staff prepping the lunch for the children’s
19. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Alvard Papoyan, School Principal, Vedi town, Ararat, Armenia: “Things have become more active at school now, since the greenhouse was built, because everyone in our school, is interested in the greenhouse. It has changed our lives significantly.”
20. Med shot, women mixing fruit
21. Wide shot, school staff working the canteen
22. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Garnik Atoyan, Student: “All the food they give is fresh and tasty, but I like buckwheat and salads most of all because they’re full of vitamins and good for health.”
23. Wide shot, sign of the logistics center
24. Wide shot, greenhouse
25. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Alvard Papoyan, School Principal, Vedi town, Ararat, Armenia: “This is a very positive thing. I would advise all schools to do this, if they could afford it. To be honest, we didn't know much about healthy diets before we established the school cafeteria. This work forced us to think hard about those things. It’s naturally linked to the elimination of hunger as well as enriching the children’s diet.”
26. Several shot, students and school employee working inside the greenhouse and collecting tomatoes
27. Med shot, wooden basket with red tomatoes
28. Wide shot, farmer colleting tomatoes inside the greenhouse
29. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Abdushokir Shomahmadov, Farmer, School Greenhouse: “My day passes in this greenhouse. I am delighted with this greenhouse. Every morning I come to the greenhouse to see if tomatoes need to be sticked, if they are dirty and should be cleaned. I water them or give them fertilizers, if necessary. Every day we give to the canteen of the school 15–18 kg of those products and bring the rest of them to the market for selling. We have learned a lot from the FAO training sessions. The result is that we provide fresh products without any chemicals to the children.”
30. Wide shot, children's playing
31. Med shot, farmer working at the greenhouse
32. Med shot, Childrens drinking and playing with water fountain
33. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Abdushokir Shomahmadov, Farmer, School Greenhouse: “The children will not get sick because of dirty products.”

2019, KEMIN, KYRGYZSTAN
34. Wide shot, scenery of mountains and trees Kyrgyzstan
35. Wide shot, logistics center in Kemin
36. Med shot, sign of the logistics center
37. Various shots, of employees working at the State Sanitary and Epidemiology Center in Kemin
38. Med shot, employee checks quality the onion
39. Med shot, begs of onions
40. Med shot, employee working
41. SOUNDBITE (Kyrgyz) Kydyrbek Kopjasharov, Director, Logistics Center: “We are grateful to FAO and the donors. I am very thankful to all those who are engaged in this good work.”
42. Wide shot, farmers checking the land cultivated
43. SOUNDBITE (language) Smatov Asanaly, Farmer: “Life has become easier for farmers since the establishment of the logistics center. We store our agricultural products in the refrigerator of the logistics center.”

2019, ARARAT PROVINCE, ARMENIA
44. Wide shot, mountains
45. Wide shot, farmers working inside the greenhouse
46. Close up, green tomatoes
47. Wide shot, classroom
48. Wide shot, children drinking water from fountain
49. Pan right, children at the canteen
50. Wide shot, women walking with a bucket
51. Med shot, children playing
52. Med shot, beneficiary Amrinisso Mirzosharipova washing cucumbers
53. Med shot, Amrinisso Mirzosharipova cutting cucumbers
54. Med shot, beneficiary Amrinisso Mirzosharipova preparing national bread in Tanur
55. Wide shot, government building in Lori Province
56. Med shot, Mher Gevorgyan, Head of Gyulagarak Community of Lori Region signing paperwork
57. Various shots, women and two children feeding chickens and a cow
58. Med shot, women smiling
59. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Mher Gevorgyan, Head of Gyulagarak Community of Lori Region: “The only thing that keeps our people in their villages is agriculture. There is no other work, there is nothing else these people can do. By providing or giving the families the cows and chicken, as well as the raspberry bushes, it helps the families to have a source of income. Before the programme, people were on the brink of starvation. I’m not exaggerating. Just imagine a house with little children around and nobody employed. The main target groups of the programme were poor households. I am sure they are happy now and grateful that their children can have eggs for breakfast before leaving the house, or drink milk before going to school. This is extremely important. It is this reason that I am grateful to the managers of this program, and everyone who has been a part of it and supported it.”
60. Wide shot, a child walking in rural area
61. Wide shot, horses grazing
62. Various shot, women feeding hay to a caw and monitoring its health
63. SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Zhanna Andreasyan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Armenia: “We are trying to understand how we can be more efficient in the ways in which we provide support to those families. And the “Cash Plus” project, I should say, is one of the top things we are considering. Moreover, I think that the Government considers such programs to be very important, and is very willing to learn from this experience when it comes to poverty reduction and to expand on this, when possible, because as you may know, we are currently in a process of reviewing the current system of state allowance. One of the options we are considering is to implement a program that has this “Cash Plus” model that allows families to receive more comprehensive support and to truly create and sustain a stable source of income.”
64. Various shot, women standing during sunset
65. Med shot, women cooking
66. Wide shot, family eating together
67. Wide shot, women air drying clothes
68. Pan left, boy in a bicycle
69. Wide shot, rural area
70. Med shot, family eating together

2019, TAJIKISTAN
71. Wide shot, city
72. Various shots, people working in the kitchen
73. Wide shot, people eating
74. Various shots, city in the evening
75. Med shot, Saidov Saidasror – Head of the Migrations department of the Ministry of Labour, Republic of Tajikistan working on his desk
76. Wide shot, farmer working
77. Close up, farmer extracting fruits
78. Med shot, person prepping the stove with wood sticks
79. Various shots, beneficiary Amrinisso Mirzosharipova cooking
80. Close up, profile of Saidov Saidasror – Head of the Migrations department of the Ministry of Labour, Republic of Tajikistan working
81. Wide shot, farmland
82. Wide shot, farmer working the land
83. Various shots, farmer picking up cherry
84. SOUNDBITE (Tajik) Saidov Saidasror – Head of the Migrations department of the Ministry of Labour, Republic of Tajikistan: “This project is helping greatly local communities. The majority of migrants of Tajikistan are from rural area. In rural areas, the population is vulnerable. Based on this, this project, which is implemented on pilot basis, allows migrants to have some professional training. In addition, those migrants who have some monetary funds, i.e remittances, can learn how to effectively use them. We will implement this pilot project, and if it’s useful we can then implement it in other regions of the Republic of Tajikistan. For example, in GBAO, Khatlon region, etc. This also can be a good example for other migrants to use the remittances in a more effective manner.”
85. Close up, Tajikistan flag
86. SOUNDBITE (Tajik) Ahtam Nasriddinzoda, Chief of the Migration Department, Jaloliddini Balkhi District: “The level of life has been improved. Before, the remittances were spent just for daily life and not effectively. Now they spend the remittances for agrobusiness. And this improves the livelihood of the migrants, while benefiting their lives.”
87. Med shot, farmer organizing vegetables
88. Med shot, beneficiary migrant, Vorisov Faizali opening the doors of a greenhouse
89. Med shot, child picking up leaf's
90. Wide shot, beneficiary migrant, Vorisov Faizali and his daughters walking around the greenhouse
91. Varius shots, farmer picking up leaf's
92. SOUNDBITE (Tajik) Vorisov Faizali, Beneficiary Migrant: “Every morning, we all wake up at 4am. I go to the masque and pray together with other community members. After that, I come back and help my children with their homework. After, I have breakfast and go to the field for farming the greenhouse. We dig the soil, pour the water. We apply fertilizers. We do pest control to save the plants. We also control the watering.”
93. Wide shot, beneficiary migrant, Vorisov Faizali and his daughters walking of the greenhouse
94. Med shot, beneficiary migrant, Vorisov Faizali and his childrens
95. Med shot, women giving trainings on food security and better nutrition in Khatlon region of Tajikistan in May-June 2019
96. Med shot, people listening
97. Various shots, women and child holding flower bouquet
98. Med shot, women organizing the flowers
99. Various shot, farmers working
100. Med shot, peaches
101. Med shot, family

Script The Europe and Central Asia region saw up to 19 million people suffering from severe food insecurity in the three-year period between 2015 and 2017. The Food and Agriculture Organization, with the support of the Russian Federation, has implemented innovative pilot projects in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to improve food security and nutrition, reducing poverty and improving lives along the way.

Thanks to interventions on school, food and nutrition, social protection and migration. The pilot projects are addressing the major issues related to food security and nutrition in the region, yielding already some good results.

22 greenhouses were built in Tajikistan and three in Armenia. 39 school gardens were set up in Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which are now producing healthy vegetables, improving the nutritional value of school meals and children's nutrition and nutritional education.

SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Alvard Papoyan, School Principal, Vedi town, Ararat, Armenia: “Things have become more active at school now, since the greenhouse was built, because everyone in our school is interested in the greenhouse. It has changed our lives significantly.”

SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Garnik Atoyan, Student: “All the food they give is fresh and tasty, but I like buckwheat and salads most of all because they’re full of vitamins and good for health.”

SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Alvard Papoyan, School Principal, Vedi town, Ararat, Armenia: “This is a very positive thing. I would advise all schools to do this, if they could afford it. To be honest, we didn't know much about healthy diets before we established the school cafeteria. This work forced us to think hard about those things. It’s naturally linked to the elimination of hunger as well as enriching children's diets.”

SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Abdushokir Shomahmadov, Farmer, School Greenhouse:
My day passes in this greenhouse. I am delighted with this greenhouse. Every morning I come to the greenhouse to see if tomatoes need to be sticked, if they are dirty and should be cleaned. I water them or give them fertilizers, if necessary. Every day we give to the canteen of the school 15–18 kg of those products and bring the rest of them to the market for selling. We have learned a lot from FAO training sessions. The result is that we provide fresh products without any chemicals to the children. The children will not get sick because of dirty products.”

In Kyrgyzstan, a logistics center was built. It is a procurement facility that gathers food from local producers and distributes it to local schools, equipped with storage facilities and a warehouse with a storage capacity of 250 tons. The center has already benefited 29 schools and local farmers that are regularly producing and providing food for local communities.

SOUNDBITE (Kyrgyz) Kydyrbek Kopjasharov, Director, Logistics Center:
“We are grateful to FAO and the donors. I am very thankful to all those who are engaged in this good work.”

SOUNDBITE (Kyrgyz) Smatov Asanaly, Farmer:
“Life has become easier for farmers since the establishment of the logistics center. We store our agricultural products in the refrigerator of the logistics center.”

Greenhouses and orchards have benefited 1000 school students in Armenia and 7530 in Tajikistan. In Kyrgyzstan, the Logistics Center has benefited a total of 12,000 students.

Cash Plus models are providing the most vulnerable with flexible and regular cash transfers from existing national social protection programs. The cash plus models are also providing training and agricultural productive packages to improve food security and nutrition.

SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Mher Gevorgyan, Head of the Gyulagarak Community of Lori Region:
“The only thing that keeps our people in their villages is agriculture. There is no other work, there is nothing else these people can do. By providing or giving the families with cows and chickens, as well as the raspberry bushes, it helps the families to have a source of income. Before the programme, people were on the brink of starvation. I’m not exaggerating. Just imagine a house with little children around and nobody employed. The main target groups of the programme were poor households. I am sure they are happy now and grateful that their children can have eggs for breakfast before leaving the house, or drink milk before going to school. This is extremely important. It is for this reason that I am grateful to the managers of this program, and everyone who has been a part of it and supported it.”

SOUNDBITE (Armenian) Zhanna Andreasyan, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Armenia: “We are trying to understand how we can be more efficient in the ways in which we provide support to those families. And the “Cash Plus” project, I should say, is one of the top things we are considering. Moreover, I think that the Government considers such programs to be very important, and is very willing to learn from this experience when it comes to poverty reduction and to expand on this, when possible, because as you may know, we are currently in a process of reviewing the current system of state allowance. One of the options we are considering is to implement a program that has this “Cash Plus” model that allows families to receive more comprehensive support and to truly create and sustain a stable source of income.”

A total of 800 people has benefited from this program in Armenia alone. Including some 388 children. The “Cash Plus” pilot in Kyrgyzstan has benefited 842 people, of which more than half are children.

Agricultural interventions have also improved access to a healthy diet for 370 people in Kyrgyzstan, including the elderly and people with disabilities.

In Tajikistan, one of the world's top remittance receiving countries, the pilot is supporting returning migrants and their families in the establishment and expansion of small and medium sized agricultural businesses by a 50– 50 matching grants program.

SOUNDBITE (Tajik) Saidov Saidasror, Head of the Migrations department of the Ministry of Labour, Republic of Tajikistan: “This project is helping greatly local communities. The majority of migrants of Tajikistan are from rural areas. In rural areas, the population is vulnerable. Based on this, this project, which is implemented on a pilot basis, allows migrants to have some professional training. In addition, those migrants who have some monetary funds, i.e remittances, can learn how to effectively use them. We will implement this pilot project, and if it’s useful we can then implement it in other regions of the Republic of Tajikistan. For example, in GBAO, Khatlon region, etc. This also can be a good example for other migrants to use the remittances in a more effective manner.”

SOUNDBITE (Tajik) Ahtam Nasriddinzoda, Chief of the Migration Department, Jaloliddini Balkhi District: “The level of life has been improved. Before, the remittances were spent just for daily life and not effectively. Now they spend the remittances for agrobusiness. And this improves the livelihood of the migrants, while benefiting their lives.”

SOUNDBITE (Tajik) Vorisov Faizali – Beneficiary Migrant: “Every morning, we all wake up at 4am. I go to the mosque and pray together with other community members. After that, I come back and help my children with their homework. After, I have breakfast and go to the field for farming the greenhouse. We dig the soil and pour water. We apply fertilizers. We do pest control to save the plants. We also control the watering.”

The 50–50 matching grants scheme has supported 50 direct beneficiaries plus 333 family members, of which 270 are children, 40% of the beneficiaries are people who were repatriated, 30% are families with migrants and 30% are returnees.

The agribusiness that these beneficiaries implemented, have generated more than a hundred temporary and permanent employment opportunities.

FAO, with the support of the Russian Federation, continues to support countries in scaling up and adjusting their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, leaving no one behind.

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