World Bank Document

9. 

The recently agreed agricultural reform plan

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 recognizes the need to improve 

agricultural efficiency by tackling specific issues in the cotton value chain and by establishing 

appropriate market-driven incentives. Liberalizing agricultural production, progressively de-

monopolizing key technical and financial support services, and gradually replacing the cotton quota 

system by appropriate market incentives will encourage farmers to increase productivity and diversify, 

while stimulating innovation and efficiency through private investment. A more efficient cotton 

production system based on market incentives designed to intensify and mechanize, will at the same 

time lower the demand for labor and thus eliminate the risk of forced labor. 

 

 

 

                                                           

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  Action Plan for Improving Labor Conditions, Employment, and Social Protection of Workers in Agricultural Sector in 

2016-2018” 

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Figure 1: Uzbekistan’s cotton yield compared to other cotton producing countries 

 

Source: International Cotton Advisory Committee, World Cotton Interactive Database