The dominance of cotton in the irrigated areas of Central Asia has long been criticized for its ecological effects on … and crop failure. Crop diversification and harvest mechanisation have been proposed as strategies to mitigate these … availability. This contribution uses 2014 survey data from two districts in Uzbekistan, Jondor in Bukhara province and Zangiota in …

Cotton is a crop that underwent continuous technology and policy shifts over period of time, and thus is a test case … cotton cultivation saw include the commercial hybrids' introduction in late 1960s, diffusion in 1970s and 80s supported by … favourable public policy, emergence of new constraints in cotton cultivation in technological and institutional fronts in 1990s …

The nature and extent of crop diversification in the state of Bihar has been analyzed using secondary data obtained … (CEI) and double log step-wise linear regression model was applied to assess the determinants of crop diversification in … the state. The results have revealed that in almost all crops group very low diversification indices were observed. The …

current paper analyses the nature and effects of state regulation in the cotton sector. In the early 2000s, it was considered … state mandates imposed on producers in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. However, in 2007, regulation in Kazakhstan forced … host a "cotton cluster". In the following years, private producers and investors turned away from cotton, and cotton area …

productivity (TFP) of cotton to other major crops (wheat, rice, and corn) in China between 1990 and 2015, showing that the TFP … growth of cotton production is significantly different from all other crops. In particular, the TFP of cotton production … of Bt cotton process in China. To further investigate the decline of TFP in the early stages of Bt cotton adoption, using …

question through a focus on reforms to the cotton sector in Kazakhstan. In contrast with neighbouring Uzbekistan and …What would a "good" industrial policy in the realm of cotton production look like? This article seeks to address this … Turkmenistan, administrators in Kazakhstan had widely freed the cotton sector from government control as early as 1998 …