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Agroforestry Practices: Between Tradition and Modernity
Across Tajikistan’s valleys and foothills, trees grow not only in forests but also in fields, canalsides, and village gardens. This blending of trees with crops and pastures is part of a long agroforestry tradition that shapes both landscapes and livelihoods. In recent decades, changing climate patterns, land-use reforms, and development programs have introduced new methods,…
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Urban Morphology in Khujand: Soviet Planning Visible
Khujand sits at a bend of the Syr Darya River, a city shaped by water, trade, and power. From above, its structure is unmistakable: rectilinear avenues radiating from a central core, residential blocks arranged in planned grids, green corridors following canals, and newer neighborhoods spreading toward the southern hills. It is a city where the…
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Pistachio Forests in Decline: Cultural Landscapes Vanishing
In valleys of southern Tajikistan, slopes once draped in pistachio and almond trees whisper of a vanished abundance. Now, the forests appear thinner, patchy, edged by bare rock and scrub. To walk these slopes is to walk memory and erosion together. The pistachio forest is not simply ecological, it is a cultural landscape, a human-shaped…
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Mapping Tajikistan’s Deserts: The Southern Steppe as Living Frontier
The southern edges of Tajikistan stretch into color: ochre and lavender dusts, pale grasses, scattered shrubs, and an urge toward boundary. The terrain here is not full desert like the Sahara, but a semi-arid steppe pushed by climate, water limits, and human need. To walk across it is to sense land doing what land does:…
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Cotton vs Wheat: Balancing Export and Bread
In the irrigated valleys of southern Tajikistan, late summer means the cotton fields turn white. Bolls crack open in the heat, revealing the soft fiber that once earned this region the name “white gold.” The crop’s geometry is clear from above: rectangular plots, evenly furrowed, stretching toward the horizon. Alongside them, though, another geometry is…
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