The paper examines agricultural production and productivity growth in two Central Asian countries – Tajikistan and … Uzbekistan. Both countries are characterized by a significant shift of resources from the traditional Soviet model of collective …

The five countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – became … the five countries of Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan (Map 1). Previously …

Tajikistan is classified by the World Bank as one of the CIS countries that are most vulnerable to climate change risks …. This paper provides a closer look at a set of variables that determine Tajikistan’s vulnerability to risk in general and to … climate change risk in particular. After presenting some background information on Tajikistan (Chapter 1), we provide a …

Tajikistan is judged to be highly vulnerable to risk, including food insecurity risks and climate change risks. By some … Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) in Tajikistan (2011) provided an opportunity to conduct a farm-level survey with the … in Tajikistan is highly agrarian, with about 50% of family income deriving from agriculture (see Figure 4.1; also LSMS …

Tajikistan, with 93% of its surface area taken up by mountains and 65% of its labor force employed in agriculture, is … of land use policies and practices that can be used to mitigate the vulnerability of Tajikistan’s large rural population …, primarily by increasing family incomes. Empirical evidence from Tajikistan and other CIS countries suggests that families with …