Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan

After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan introduced a policy on food security and consequently reduced the irrigated area allocated to cotton and increased the area of winter wheat. Shifting to winter wheat allowed farmers to grow a second crop outside the state-order system. The second crops are the...

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Autores principales: Platonov, Alexander, Wegerich, Kai, Kazbekov, Jusipbek S., Kabilov, Firdavs
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Baltzer Science Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58411
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author Platonov, Alexander
Wegerich, Kai
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
Kabilov, Firdavs
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
Platonov, Alexander
Wegerich, Kai
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Kabilov, Firdavs
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description After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan introduced a policy on food security and consequently reduced the irrigated area allocated to cotton and increased the area of winter wheat. Shifting to winter wheat allowed farmers to grow a second crop outside the state-order system. The second crops are the most profitable and therefore farmers tried to maximize the area grown to this second crop. Although the second crops are the most profitable, only few studies have focused on this topic. Evidence is presented which shows that state control of crops has been extended from the main crops, cotton and wheat, to the second crops. Satellite images used for classification of main crops in two provinces of the Ferghana Valley for 2006–2011, highlight that the area utilized for second crops is dependent on the infrastructure that enables access to the water resource, not on the area’s position within the irrigation system.
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spelling CGSpace584112025-06-17T08:24:16Z Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan Platonov, Alexander Wegerich, Kai Kazbekov, Jusipbek S. Kabilov, Firdavs crop production irrigated land cash crops cotton winter wheat food policies farmers state intervention water resources water users associations After independence in 1991, Uzbekistan introduced a policy on food security and consequently reduced the irrigated area allocated to cotton and increased the area of winter wheat. Shifting to winter wheat allowed farmers to grow a second crop outside the state-order system. The second crops are the most profitable and therefore farmers tried to maximize the area grown to this second crop. Although the second crops are the most profitable, only few studies have focused on this topic. Evidence is presented which shows that state control of crops has been extended from the main crops, cotton and wheat, to the second crops. Satellite images used for classification of main crops in two provinces of the Ferghana Valley for 2006–2011, highlight that the area utilized for second crops is dependent on the infrastructure that enables access to the water resource, not on the area’s position within the irrigation system. 2014-03-01 2015-03-17T14:39:56Z 2015-03-17T14:39:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58411 en Limited Access Baltzer Science Publishers Platonov, Alexander; Wegerich, Kai; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; Kabilov, Firdavs. 2014. Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan. International Journal of Water Governance, 2:83-104. doi: https://doi.org/10.7564/14-IJWG58
spellingShingle crop production
irrigated land
cash crops
cotton
winter wheat
food policies
farmers
state intervention
water resources
water users associations
Platonov, Alexander
Wegerich, Kai
Kazbekov, Jusipbek S.
Kabilov, Firdavs
Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
title Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
title_full Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
title_fullStr Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
title_full_unstemmed Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
title_short Beyond the state order?: second crop production in the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan
title_sort beyond the state order second crop production in the ferghana valley uzbekistan
topic crop production
irrigated land
cash crops
cotton
winter wheat
food policies
farmers
state intervention
water resources
water users associations
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58411
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