Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
What is produced on farmland is critical to the agriculture sector outcomes. If other objectives, such as farm incomes, jobs, water security, were considered as important as producing more of wheat and cotton in Uzbekistan, the farmland use structu...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/122011551158776388/ASA-Support-to-Agricultural-Modernization-in-Uzbekistan-Policy-Note-Making-Farmland-Work-for-Economic-Development-in-Uzbekistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31355 |
| Summary: | What is produced on farmland is critical
to the agriculture sector outcomes. If other objectives,
such as farm incomes, jobs, water security, were considered
as important as producing more of wheat and cotton in
Uzbekistan, the farmland use structure will have looked
differently. This report offers an example of more balanced
allocation of farmland, which can increase agricultural
production by 51 percent, employ 16 percent more people in
primary agriculture, and save 11 percent water by 2030. All
this can be achieved without undermining food security (for
example, wheat supply) and development of textile industry.
Outlooks are subject to uncertainty and the identified gains
may not be necessarily realized. Yet, the benefits of more
balanced farmland use are too large to be ignored for the
future of agriculture development in Uzbekistan. |
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