FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SECTOR OF KHOREZM, UZBEKISTAN: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES

Kudrat Nurmetov, Jan Pokrivcak, Sanaatbek Salaev and Elmurod Baynazarov

Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, 2015, vol. 36, issue 2

Abstract: Recently many industrial sectors in Uzbekistan have been steadily developing. However, in remote regions, like Khorezm, the development of industry, especially agroprocessing industry remains slow. Fruits and vegetables sector can be the main factor for the development of the regional economy in the condition of natural resource scarcity. This paper describes the development of fruits and vegetables s ector in the Khorezm region over the last two decades. Moreover, the SWOT analysis and assessment potentials of the fruits and vegetables value chain in development of the regional economy are reviewed in the current paper.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Political Economy; Production Economics; Productivity Analysis; Public Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy; Risk and Uncertainty; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.253305

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