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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 283-296 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | European Journal of Development Research |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2009 |
Abstract
Cotton, Uzbekistan's major export crop, forms the backbone of its economy and is a major income source for farmers. However, it is frequently sustained that farmers are underpaid and deprived of higher revenues in favour of the state, which controls the entire cotton chain. The present cotton sector infrastructure offers little scope for substantially increasing farmers' income. There are many other stakeholders involved in the cotton chain providing various services and accounting for their shares in revenues. A holistic approach, including a reform package for the cotton sector, is suggested as the best method to bring about positive changes for farmer livelihoods.
Keywords
- Cotton revenues, Cotton stakeholders, Cotton value chain
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Social Sciences(all)
- Development
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In: European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 21, No. 2, 01.04.2009, p. 283-296.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Can Uzbek Farmers get More for their Cotton?
AU - Rudenko, Inna
AU - Lamers, John P.A.
AU - Grote, Ulrike
N1 - Funding Information: This research was carried out within the framework of the ZEF/UNESCO landscape-restructuring project conducted by ZEF in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan, entitled ‘Economic and Ecological Restructuring of Land and Water Use in the Region Khorezm (Uzbekistan). A Pilot Project in Development Research’ (www.zef.de or www.uni-bonn.de/khorezm). The funding from the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF; project number 0339970A) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank the two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript.
PY - 2009/4/1
Y1 - 2009/4/1
N2 - Cotton, Uzbekistan's major export crop, forms the backbone of its economy and is a major income source for farmers. However, it is frequently sustained that farmers are underpaid and deprived of higher revenues in favour of the state, which controls the entire cotton chain. The present cotton sector infrastructure offers little scope for substantially increasing farmers' income. There are many other stakeholders involved in the cotton chain providing various services and accounting for their shares in revenues. A holistic approach, including a reform package for the cotton sector, is suggested as the best method to bring about positive changes for farmer livelihoods.
AB - Cotton, Uzbekistan's major export crop, forms the backbone of its economy and is a major income source for farmers. However, it is frequently sustained that farmers are underpaid and deprived of higher revenues in favour of the state, which controls the entire cotton chain. The present cotton sector infrastructure offers little scope for substantially increasing farmers' income. There are many other stakeholders involved in the cotton chain providing various services and accounting for their shares in revenues. A holistic approach, including a reform package for the cotton sector, is suggested as the best method to bring about positive changes for farmer livelihoods.
KW - Cotton revenues
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