Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan

Swinkels, Rob; Romanova, Ekaterina; Kochkin, Evgeny

Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan

The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) has recently adopted a policy to mechanize the cotton harvest as part of its drive to modernize the agricultural sector. Under Uzbekistan’s state-order system it is compulsory for many farmers to grow cotton. They are contractually obligated to produce stipulated quantities that are annually set by the government, and must sell these to the GoU at a price fixed by the government. Almost all cotton in Uzbekistan is harvested by hand, even though mechanization existed during the Soviet period. An estimated 2.2–3 millio

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Swinkels, Rob, Romanova, Ekaterina, Kochkin, Evgeny
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-05
Subjects:	POULTRY, FARM LABOR, VILLAGE LEADERS, PRODUCTION OF COTTON, FERTILIZER, INCOME- GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES, COTTON PRODUCTION, FARMER, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, RURAL WOMEN, ACCESS TO IRRIGATION, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTORS, LABOR FORCE, WEALTH GROUPS, HORTICULTURAL CROPS, WATER SHORTAGES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FARM ENTERPRISE, RURAL LABOR MARKET, AGRONOMY, PLANNING, RURAL POPULATION, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL FARMS, REGION, QUALITATIVE DATA, PLANS, HARVESTING EQUIPMENT, ONIONS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, AGRICULTURAL WAGE, POOR SOIL QUALITY, PLANTS, SPRING, PRODUCTION SYSTEM, LABOR COSTS, RURAL LABORERS, ALTERNATIVE CROPS, GINNERIES, WORKING DAYS, POPULATION GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, SEEDS, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, VILLAGE COMMUNITIES, COTTON SECTOR, LAND IMPROVEMENT, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, FARM SIZE, SEED, POOR HEALTH, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, GARDENS, CASH INCOME, FIELD WORK, INDICATORS, FARM WORKERS, FARMING, KITCHEN GARDENS, PLANT BREEDERS, FARMERS, JUTE, FODDER CROPS, MELONS, CROPS, PRODUCE, HARVEST ACTIVITIES, COTTON BOLLS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, COTTON SEEDS, AVERAGE WAGES, CONSUMPTION, VILLAGE ASSEMBLY, AGRICULTURAL LABORERS, FARMLAND, RURAL COMMUNITIES, FOOD SECURITY, AGRONOMIC PRACTICES, CROP, HARVESTING MACHINES, LABOR DEMAND, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, WAGE RATES, CULTIVATION, FARM ACTIVITIES, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, FIBERS, HARVESTERS, LAND PREPARATION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, DAILY EARNINGS, HORTICULTURE, DRIP IRRIGATION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, SOWING, RURAL WORKERS, FODDER, EGGS, COTTON STALKS, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, AGRICULTURAL WAGE LABOR, HARVESTING, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, DIVERSIFICATION, COTTON, WATER AVAILABILITY, POTATOES, AGRICULTURAL LABOR, SPACING, GROWING SEASON, REGIONS, WORKING CONDITIONS, CORN, HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION, IRRIGATION, FARM, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, MICRO-FINANCE, RURAL AREAS, POVERTY, DAILY WAGE, COTTON CULTIVATION, POOR FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, FARMS, MEAT, MEAL, WHEAT, SOILS, FARM LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, RICE, YIELDS, SOIL FERTILITY, POORER FARMERS, WATER SOURCE, REMOTE AREAS, SEED COTTON, SOIL QUALITY, COTTON PLANTS, COTTON GROWING, LOW TEMPERATURES, PRODUCTION COSTS, COTTON YIELDS, SUGAR, HARVESTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26346676/assessing-social-impact-cotton-harvest-mechanization-uzbekistan-final-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24371
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