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 structure will have looked differently.

This report offers an example of more balanced allocation of farmland, which can increase agricultural production by 51%, employ 16% more people in primary agriculture, and save 11% water by 2030