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...

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Main Authors:	Swinkels, Rob, Romanova, Ekaterina, Kochkin, Evgeny
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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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Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan

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