According to the long-standing inhabitants and agriculture specialists, the climate change is seen in reduction of soil moisture. It leads to the shrinkage of pastoral vegetation cover, reduction of the agricultural crop yield thus aggravating the problem of the LC social-economic standing. The local inhabitants face difficulties due to frequent dry hot winds that dry out soil. The soil is exposed to the wind erosion and destroys the upper fertile layer.

Therefore, the progressive warming and intensified dry hot winds will further reduce the soil moisture, strengthen erosion and bring about dust storms. The adverse effect was made by the total woodcutting that took place in the period of reform. The outbreak of energy crisis also forced the inhabitants cut trees.

Project aim:
Reduce the land degradation risks connected with climate change risks including the rise of summer temperature, dry hot winds and the loss of winter precipitation.

Project tasks:
- Drilling of wells to provide water for drop irrigation
- Installation of pumps to provide irrigation water to communities
- Transportation of young cattle to remote pastures (to lands owned by local production cooperative)
- Conducting studies to ascertain precise locations of forest belts for wind erosion reduction
- Planting orchards/forest shelter belts in a pilot site (lands of local production cooperative)
- Establishing and demonstrating improved drop irrigation systems at pilot sites

Project results:
- 20,5 ha of land were planted with the wind breaks of fruit trees, totally 11571 seedlings were planted. For watering the plantations the project have drilled the well and introduced a water saving practice ? drip irrigation on the area of 9 ha. To ensure the efficient land and water use, in the inter row spacing was planted with fodder crops and wheat.
Even over this short period the project has proved the benefits of growing the fruit trees for wind breaking instead of regular trees and bushes. Good survival ability of the seedlings ensures that in 3-5 years the wind break will provide not only environmental and adaptation benefits, but will also help to generate additional income for the local community.
- The demonstration of the drip irrigation system have proved the advantages of this method as compared to the traditional irrigation methods. The seedlings on the lands where the drip irrigation method was used were better established and had a higher growth rate (35-50 sm) than those planted on the traditionally irrigated lands. The traditional ditch irrigation method proved to be more water consuming and the soil is exposed to water erosion and washing out of the upper fertile layer. More over it increase the growth of the weeds, which requires additional expenditures for eradication. The fodder crops and wheat output in 2009 was 1,5 fold higher than that in the previous year. This proves that the new method ensures less water losses through evaporation, stores the moisture in the soil, helps to maintain humidity and protect fertile layer of the soil.
- The new method of the establishment of the fruit trees wind breaks and water saving through introduction of the drip irrigation method have demonstrated the possibilities of the community to adapt to climate aridization. The trees growing is quite a time consuming process and the adaptation benefits of the project will be visible only in 3-5 years. Nevertheless even in 2009 the results were promising ? the survival rate of the seedlings was very high and the inter rows crop of Lucerne and wheat was also good. In the future people will be able to generate additional income from the selling of fruits, grapes and gourds, which will also contribute to the community climate change adaptation capacity.