Priorities for Sustainable Growth : A Strategy for Agriculture Sector Development in Tajikistan

Agriculture sector growth has made a powerful contribution to post-war economic recovery in Tajikistan, accounting for approximately one third of overall economic growth from 1998 to 2004. Sector output increased by 65 percent in real terms during...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Agricultural Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CAPITAL ACCESS TO FERTILIZER ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL LOANS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE POLICIES AGRICULTURE POLICY AGRICULTURE SECTOR ANIMAL BREEDING ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ARABLE LAND AVERAGE YIELD BARLEY CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CENTRAL PLANNING CLEAN WATER COLLECTIVE FARMS COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIAL FARMING COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONSUMER DEMAND CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONTROL OF LAND COTTON COTTON PRODUCTION COTTON SECTOR CPI CROP AREA CROP PRODUCTION CROP ROTATIONS CROP YIELDS CROPS CUTTING DEBT DISTRIBUTION OF LAND DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENVIRONMENTAL EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS EXTREME VULNERABILITY FARM FARM ASSOCIATIONS FARM EQUIPMENT FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM INPUTS FARM MACHINERY FARM MANAGEMENT FARM OUTPUT FARM PRODUCTION FARM SIZE FARM STRUCTURE FARMER FARMERS FARMS FEED FINANCIAL MARKETS FODDER FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROPS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FRESH FRUIT GRAIN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HARVESTERS HOUSEHOLD PLOTS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION IMPORTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INPUT USE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL MARKETS IRRIGATION LAND LEASING LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RECLAMATION LAND REFORM LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LAND USE LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK OUTPUT LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY LIVESTOCK SECTOR LIVING STANDARDS MAJORITY OF FARMERS MALNUTRITION MARKET ACCESS MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS MARKET PRICES MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS MILK MILK PRODUCTION MINIMUM PRICE MOBILIZATION MOUNTAIN AREAS NUTRITION OIL OILS OVERGRAZING PACKERS PASTURE MANAGEMENT PASTURES PLOUGHS POLICY MAKERS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR REGION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POST-HARVEST LOSSES POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY GAP POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PRODUCER ASSOCIATIONS PRODUCER INCENTIVES PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PURCHASING POWER QUALITY PRODUCTS RAW MATERIAL REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL ECONOMY REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL POLITICS REGIONAL PROGRAMS REGIONAL STANDARDS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL FINANCE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL MIGRANTS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY LEVELS RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL POVERTY STATUS SAFETY NET SHEEP SMALL FARMS SOIL EROSION STATE FARMS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMING SUPERMARKETS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE WATER TAX REVENUE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRACTORS TRADE FLOWS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS VEGETABLES WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATES WAGES WAR WATER USE WHEAT PRODUCTION WINTER MONTHS WORLD PRICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16247698/tajikistan-priorities-sustainable-growth-strategy-agriculture-sector-development-vol-1-4-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12384

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Summary:	Agriculture sector growth has made a powerful contribution to post-war economic recovery in Tajikistan, accounting for approximately one third of overall economic growth from 1998 to 2004. Sector output increased by 65 percent in real terms during this period, and has now returned to the level extant at independence in 1990. Total Factor Productivity (TFP) has also increased, by 3 percent per year. Despite this progress, there is legitimate concern that this growth is unsustainable. Evidence suggests that it has been driven largely by the external factors noted above, rather than substantive changes to resources, incentives and the behavior of factor and commodity markets. First, an extensive program of policy reform, particularly in the area of land ownership, has yet to make a substantial impact on the incentive structure for agricultural workers cultivating the majority of arable land. Second, sustainable growth requires positive net investment. Third, commodity markets remain weak, with a limited capacity to translate increased demand into improved production incentives. And fourth, growth in crop production has been largely driven by low value food and cereal crops. A sustainable increase in access to rural finance will require much greater emphasis on the development of alternative sources of finance for all of agriculture, in addition to resolution of the cotton debt crisis. The capacity for agricultural loan appraisal and management also needs to be strengthened, new collateral instruments introduced and new loan products developed, which are suited to agriculture in general and small-scale farmers in particular.

Priorities for Sustainable Growth : A Strategy for Agriculture Sector Development in Tajikistan

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