This GEF-funded project helps train women to produce vermicompost, which reduces the need for harmful fertilizers, and allows them to sell the natural product to neighbors for income. Photo: UNDP Turkmenistan
Due to climate change and degradation, the Amu Darya river can no longer sustain farmers in the Labap region of Turkmenistan. A project with funding from the GEF's Special Climate Change Fund and support from the UNDP is educating women on alternative, eco-friendly sources of income.