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Agrarian Reforms in Turkmenistan
Zvi Lerman,Ivan Stanchin +1 more
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Turkmenistan has implemented significant reforms in agriculture, increasing the size of the household plot sector, enabling the emergence of independent private farms, and most importantly individualizing to a certain extent the production arrangements in former collective farms through the introduction of leasehold contracts as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
Turkmenistan has implemented significant reforms in agriculture, increasing the size of the household plot sector, enabling the emergence of independent private farms, and most importantly individualizing to a certain extent the production arrangements in former collective farms through the introduction of leasehold contracts. Yet the policies underlying these reforms are not entirely consistent: state orders are retained for the main cash commodities (cotton and wheat), the producers are generally bound to monopolistic state marketers and input suppliers, and the independent private farmers who are relatively free from these constraints receive land of very poor quality that requires major investment in reclamation. It is not surprising that the performance of the new leasehold sector is far short of its potential and the new independent farmers are struggling to survive. However, despite these political constraints, the reforms are finally beginning to have some positive impact, with agriculture slowly starting to recover from the initial transition-induced decline.read more
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Water footprint of cotton, wheat and rice production in Central Asia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed the water footprint of Central Asian cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) production, differentiating between the green and blue components, in order to know how the scarce water resources in the region are allocated.
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Structure and wood biomass of near-natural floodplain forests along the Central Asian rivers Tarim and Amu Darya
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the biomass of floodplain forest ecosystems along the Tarim River, north-west China, and the Amu Darya, Turkmenistan.
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Water consumption of agriculture and natural ecosystems at the Amu Darya in Lebap Province, Turkmenistan
TL;DR: In this article, actual evapotranspiration (ETa) was mapped from Landsat satellite images for the vegetation seasons 2009 and 2010, and reference ET (ETo) and crop ET (ETc) were calculated.
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Land Degradation in Central Asia: Evidence, Perception and Policy
TL;DR: Agarwal et al. as discussed by the authors found that degradation of vegetation cover from grazing was widespread, although productivity losses were slight in many areas, and the most acute form of degradation was soil salinization and the related Aral Sea disaster.
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The agrarian economies of Central-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States - an update on status and progress in 2004
Csaba Csaki,Holger Kray +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a compilation of a year's work analyzing rural sector policy developments in the region, and is focused on agricultural policies, specifically actions required to progress in the transition process.
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Turkmenistan: An Assessment of Leasehold-Based Farm Restructuring
TL;DR: Turkmenistan's unique approach to land reform and farm restructuring has produced a significant shift to individual or household-based farming, with more than three-quarters of the arable land leased to individual households or small groups as mentioned in this paper.
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Turkmenistan: An Assessment of Leasehold-based Farm Restructuring
Zvi Lerman,Karen Brooks +1 more
TL;DR: Turkmenistan's unique approach to land reform and farm restructuring has produced a significant shift to individual or household-based farming, with more than three-quarters of the arable land leased to individual households or small groups as discussed by the authors.
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