Agricultural reform in Uzbekistan

Agricultural reform in Uzbekistan

Total area - 448,978 square kilometer

• Population – 30 million people
• 80% of the territory is occupied by plains and 20% mountains and foothills, including 4.3 million hectares of irrigated land
• Share of agriculture in GDP – 17,2%
• Population engaged in agriculture – more than 25%

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Agricultural output in GDP (%) in the dynamics of the 1991-2014

37.3
17.2
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
20.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
40.0
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Employment in agriculture in the dynamics of the 1991-2013

50.0
45.0
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
0.0
500.0
1000.0
1500.0
2000.0
2500.0
3000.0
3500.0
4000.0
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Number of people employed in agriculture, thous.people
Share of agricultural employment in total employment in the economy,%
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Share of agricultural products in total exports (% on total)

0.0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
Other products
Fruits and vegetables
Cotton (raw, yarn)
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Share of agricultural products in total exports (% on total)

3.3
3.2
3.0
3.7
4.9
5.4
6.4
9.0
11.5 11.8
13.0
15.0
13.6
15.1
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
35.0%
40.0%
0.0
2.0
4.0
16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
Total export
, US$ bln.
Agriculture share in export, US$ bln.
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Main agricultural producers in Uzbekistan

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• Farmers - an independent business entity which carry out commercial agriculture using land leased;
• Dekhkans farmers - small-scale family farming, producing and sale of agricultural products based on personal labor of family members on the household plots, the land is granted to the head of the family in lifetime inheritable possession.;
• Agricultural enterprise - an legal entity established based on private or joint ownership for the production of agricultural goods (agricultural firm, an agricultural cooperative (shirkat), and others).

Structure of agricultural land use according to the types of enterprises

Farms
Dekhkans
Agricultural enterprises
2,3%
73,5 thousand farms, 4,3 million dekhkans, more than 100 agricultural enterprises
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Structure of agriculture output produced by types of agricultural enterprises, %

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Agricultural enterprises
Farmers
Dekhkans farms
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Crops area in the dynamics of 1991-2013 (thousand hectares)

-200.0
300.0
800.0
1300.0
1800.0
1991
1996
2001
2006
2013
cereals
technical
crops feed crops
fruit
vegetables
grapes
melons and gourds
potato
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