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TASHKENT (TCA) — Under the new president, Uzbekistan is pursuing a policy of agricultural diversification — reduction of land areas under cotton, which has been the country’s main agricultural export item for decades, in favor of fruit and vegetables, whose export is to bring in even more money to Uzbek farmers and more hard currency to the State. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Human rights groups have charged that the World Bank has funded more than $500 million in agricultural projects that are linked to forced labor and child labor in Uzbekistan, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Case New Holland Company plans to launch a production of tractors running on methane in Uzbekistan in 2018, the Jahon information agency reports. Continue reading
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first batch of about 50 new John Deere W540 grain combine harvesters have arrived in Turkmenistan, and will be used during the upcoming harvesting campaign, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — A prominent human rights activist has been forcibly subjected to psychiatric treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On March 1, 2017 Yelena Urlayeva, the chairperson of the Human Rights Alliance of Uzbekistan (HRAU) was arrested by police, who called an emergency psychiatric ambulance which transported her to hospital. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is launching a new program in Uzbekistan in order to help cotton farmers improve their production efficiency, safeguard the environment, and improve labor practices. This program is part of an effort by IFC to accelerate Uzbekistan’s economic growth by modernizing one of the country's most important industries, IFC said on March 3. Continue reading
