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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Main Authors:	Zorya, Sergiy, Ilina, Darya
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE WHEAT COTTON CLIMATE CHANGE WATER USE FARM INCOME JOBS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
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

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spelling	okr-10986-313552021-05-25T09:21:57Z Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan Zorya, Sergiy Ilina, Darya AGRICULTURE WHEAT COTTON CLIMATE CHANGE WATER USE FARM INCOME JOBS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY 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. 2019-03-07T18:45:07Z 2019-03-07T18:45:07Z 2019-02-12 Policy Note 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Uzbekistan
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description	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.
format	Policy Note
author	Zorya, Sergiy Ilina, Darya
author_facet	Zorya, Sergiy Ilina, Darya
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title	Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
title_short	Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
title_full	Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
title_fullStr	Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
title_full_unstemmed	Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan
title_sort	making farmland work for economic development in uzbekistan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	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
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Making Farmland Work for Economic Development in Uzbekistan

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