On Oct. 9, 2015, an official ceremony took place on the coast of the Kara-Bulun Peninsular, Lake Issyk-Kul near the village of Kyzyl-Suu to open a demonstration drip irrigated zone. This initiative of the local Kainar Bulagy Jamaat was supported in 2014 by the Small Grants Programme of the Global Environmental Fund (SGP GEF/UNDP) and Kumtor Gold Company.