1. Assessing the Social Impact of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in Uzbekistan
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Swinkels, Rob, Romanova, Ekaterina, and Kochkin, Evgeny
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INDICATORS ,QUALITATIVE DATA ,MELONS ,CROP DIVERSIFICATION ,GINNERIES ,FARM LAND ,FARM ,LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ,POORER FARMERS ,EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ,LAND PREPARATION ,SPRING ,HARVESTING ,COTTON CULTIVATION ,FARM LABOR ,AGRICULTURAL LAND ,COTTON YIELDS ,ALTERNATIVE CROPS ,AGRICULTURAL WAGE LABOR ,HORTICULTURAL CROPS ,POPULATION GROWTH ,AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ,FRUITS ,AVERAGE WAGES ,WORKING CONDITIONS ,AGRICULTURAL SECTORS ,PLANNING ,LABOR PRODUCTIVITY ,FARM SIZE ,WATER AVAILABILITY ,VILLAGE ASSEMBLY ,DAIRY PRODUCTS ,FARM ACTIVITIES ,POVERTY ,AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ,PRODUCTION COSTS ,CASH INCOME ,POTATOES ,WATER SOURCE ,ACCESS TO IRRIGATION ,COTTON ,SEEDS ,MICRO-FINANCE ,COTTON PRODUCTION ,FARM PRODUCTIVITY ,LABOR COSTS ,AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS ,FARMERS ,KITCHEN GARDENS ,SEED ,RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE ,HORTICULTURE ,POOR SOIL QUALITY ,SUGAR ,AGRONOMIC PRACTICES ,DAILY WAGE ,LOW TEMPERATURES ,FARMS ,YIELDS ,FARMER ORGANIZATIONS ,POOR HEALTH ,COTTON SEEDS ,RURAL AREAS ,PLANS ,WEALTH GROUPS ,PLANTS ,RURAL LABORERS ,VEGETABLES ,PLANT BREEDERS ,RURAL WORKERS ,CROP ,CONSUMPTION ,HARVESTING EQUIPMENT ,FIELD WORK ,LABOR DEMAND ,AGRICULTURAL LABORERS ,GROWING SEASON ,SEED COTTON ,POULTRY ,VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS ,FODDER ,RURAL LABOR MARKET ,FAMILY MEMBERS ,CORN ,WATER SHORTAGES ,PRODUCTION SYSTEM ,RURAL POPULATION ,SOIL QUALITY ,PRODUCTION PROCESS ,SOWING ,REMOTE AREAS ,WAGE RATES ,HARVESTERS ,IRRIGATION ,COTTON GROWING ,FARM WORKERS ,SOIL FERTILITY ,MEAT ,HARVESTING MACHINES ,FOOD SECURITY ,FARMER ,FODDER CROPS ,COTTON BOLLS ,FARMLAND ,REGIONS ,INCOME- GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES ,FARM ENTERPRISE ,WORKING DAYS ,LAND IMPROVEMENT ,PRODUCTION OF COTTON ,AGRONOMY ,DIVERSIFICATION ,MEAL ,FARMING ,COTTON SECTOR ,RURAL COMMUNITIES ,FIBERS ,AGRICULTURAL INCOMES ,ONIONS ,AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ,WHEAT ,REGION ,SPACING ,VILLAGE COMMUNITIES ,HARVEST ACTIVITIES ,FERTILIZER ,AGRICULTURAL WAGE ,RICE ,AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT ,DAILY EARNINGS ,CROPS ,SMALL FARMS ,COTTON STALKS ,EGGS ,AGRICULTURAL LABOR ,HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION ,COTTON PLANTS ,AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ,HOUSEHOLD BUDGET ,LABOR FORCE ,GARDENS ,CULTIVATION ,SOILS ,POOR FARMERS ,JUTE ,DRIP IRRIGATION ,SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE ,VILLAGE LEADERS ,HARVESTS ,RURAL WOMEN ,PRODUCE ,LACK OF KNOWLEDGE - Abstract
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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- 2016