EVALUATION OF GEFF TAJIKISTAN INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND ITS ROLE IN PROVIDING THE CROP PRODUCTION WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT
The relevance of the research topic is associated with the challenge of improving the technical level of crop production in the Republic of Tajikistan. The research objectives were to analyse the statistics and evaluate the activities of GEFF Tajikistan investment program in addressing this challenge and to suggest the ways to adapt the imported and newly designed machines to the zonal features of their operation. The study objects were the published research results, statistical materials related to mechanization issues of the agro-industrial complex of Tajikistan to estimate the activities of investment programs on the example of GEFF Tajikistan and its role in supplying the agricultural sector of the country with modern machines and equipment. The study subject was the evaluation indicators of the technical level of crop production and their impact on energy efficiency and environmental safety of agricultural production technologies. The study revealed that since 2000 the imports of much-in-demand types of machinery - tractors and tillage machines - had been increasing. Currently Tajikistan features the gradual progress and improvement of entrepreneurship and, correspondingly, the higher import rates of goods, including modern agricultural machinery from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus and other countries that plays a major role in improving the level of mechanization in the country. In 2019-2022, owing to the introduction of energy-efficient technologies and the sales of modern fuel-saving tractors and mini-tractors, excavators, loaders and agricultural machinery with lower metal content, primary energy use of 48 275.3 GJ was avoided, thereby primary energy use of 13 409.8 MJ, water savings of almost 2.7 million cubic meters were achieved in Tajikistan.