Today was another day working with the IFDC staff here in Tajikistan in planning for the implementation of the voucher program for six crops and some animal feed. We spent the day today developing an action plan for carrying out the various aspects of the Voucher Program. There is definitely going to be alot needing to be done between now and March 31st. This process, although long, will provide the staff with benchmark dates to shoot for, in order to get everything accomplished by March 31st.
Today for lunch I ordered Borsh. Very tasty and good for my diet - I hope! Lost 1.2 lbs yesterday. So hopefully that trend will continue. However, it is hard when you are staying in a hotel and have to eat both lunch and dinner in restaurants. Tonight we went for a long walk to have dinner where we have driven in the past. The weather was cool and damp, but provided for a nice walk to dinner. I had a nice BBQ lamb dinner.
This afternoon we had the opportunity to visit a large Agro-Input Dealer, who was originally from Afghanistan. We learned today that they now have 30 small shops throughout the country. Very clean and well organize. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to meet a lady for the north region who is a very large Agro -Input Dealer. She is a member of the Association of Agro-Input Dealers here in Tajikistan. That is an organization that was started back in 2005 by the group I hired when I was working here. She is also cooperating with the Dealer we visited today. We also visited the Green Market, a very nice Farmers market. Most of the evening, however, was spent finalizing the report we worked on today and preparing something for tomorrow's discussions. Getting late here, so will write more tomorrow night.
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