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After Lavish Banquet, Uzbekistan Signs Deal with Pakistan for 1m Bales of Cotton
Engaging in some “banquet diplomacy,” last week Uzbek officials treated a visiting delegation of Pakistani officials led by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to a long evening of traditional singing and dancing and a lavish seven-course meal, The Express Tribune of Pakistan reported.
The Uzbek government pulled out all the stops at a reception hosted by [...]
Russia to Sign Agreement for Direct Delivery of Uzbek Cotton
Russia is planning to sign an intergovernmental agreement for direct deliveries of Uzbek cotton fiber, the Russian online news service regnum.ru reported, citing the Uzbek newspaper Novy Vek.
In 2011, Uzbekistan plans to reduce its cotton exports from 880,000 tons, shipped in 2010, down to 750,000 tons, in order to create new production facilties and increase [...]
Shift from cotton to fruit crops…in Tajikistan
Fergana.ru reports on Tajikistan’s gradual decrease in acreage planted under cotton in favor of orchards:
According to the chief agronomist of the Sogd provincial department of agriculture, Abduvohid Yarmatov, this year 16 thousand hectares of cotton were eliminated: 71 thousand hectares were planted under cotton before, and only 55 thousand are currently. The main reason for [...]
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The production and export of cotton continues to be a major feature of the economy, politics and everyday lives of the people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This report analyses the nature and causes of their use of child labour in the cotton sector.