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Food Safety Issues in Tajikistan

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Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia

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This article discusses the concept of food security in Tajikistan. Some of the socio-economic aspects related to food safety are reviewed.

Also describes the state of consumption of food products by the population in Tajikistan. The policy and legislation in the sphere of food security in Tajikistan considered.

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Acknowledgements

In preparing the section “Background information in Tajikistan”»  the author used a report “State of plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan” prepared by Muminjanovim H. A.

In the section “State consumption of food products in the Republic of Tajikistan” information published in Information Bulletin on Food security and poverty was used.

In the section Legal structure material from the Institutional, Policy and Legislative Framework of Food Security of Tajikistan. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Rome, 2008 was used.

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Bobodzhanova, K. (2012). Food Safety Issues in Tajikistan. In: Alpas, H., Smith, M., Kulmyrzaev, A. (eds) Strategies for Achieving Food Security in Central Asia. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2502-7_4

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