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
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spelling	okr-10986-243712021-06-14T10:17:07Z Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan Swinkels, Rob Romanova, Ekaterina Kochkin, Evgeny 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 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 2016-05-31T19:59:41Z 2016-05-31T19:59:41Z 2016-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26346676/assessing-social-impact-cotton-harvest-mechanization-uzbekistan-final-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24371 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Uzbekistan
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Swinkels, Rob Romanova, Ekaterina Kochkin, Evgeny Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
geographic_facet	Europe and Central Asia Uzbekistan
description	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
format	Report
author	Swinkels, Rob Romanova, Ekaterina Kochkin, Evgeny
author_facet	Swinkels, Rob Romanova, Ekaterina Kochkin, Evgeny
author_sort	Swinkels, Rob
title	Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
title_short	Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
title_full	Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
title_fullStr	Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
title_full_unstemmed	Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
title_sort	assessing the social impact of cotton harvest mechanization in uzbekistan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	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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