Access to Markets Project: Nur Bal

Ernis Beishenbekov, the entrepreneur: "The equipment here is modern, we bought it by participating in the competitive program of the Access to Markets project. We won a grant of 67,000 dollars from IFAD. According to the project's support strategy, we united four cooperatives around us and now we buy almost 50 tons of honey a year from them. As leaders of the VAC, we help the cooperatives develop. It is all mutually beneficial for us".

This video collection was prepared within the framework of the Access to Markets Project funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The Access to Markets Project (ATMP) is an IFAD-funded project of USD 31.2 million, which was approved in 2016 and will end in December 2024. It aims to raise incomes and enhance economic growth in Kyrgyzstan's pastoralist communities. Its development objective is the improved access and integration of smallholder livestock farmers into remunerative markets for their products, leading to improved and equitable returns.