In this paper we aim to analyse economic and social transition factors affecting the agricultural labor force and to understand the feminization phenomenon in rural Tajikistan. Agrarian reforms, seasonal male labor outmigration, and the subsequent increase in women's labor participation have...

Seit nahezu drei Jahrzenten befinden sich die Zentralasiatischen Länder in einem fortlaufenden Transformationsprozess. Die Motivation dieser Dissertation leitet sich aus den unterschiedlichen Reaktionen ländlicher Gesellschaften auf den Agrarwandel ab. Diese weisen gemeinsame institutionelle...

Agricultural water stress is a critical problem undermining socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability of water and land resources in many agriculture-based economies. Uzbekistan is an example of such case, where for coping with the problem, water reforms such as creation of...

The presence of agriculture is diminishing in today's society: it provides only a small percentage of jobs, and the number of visible farms that can provide exposure to agricultural processes is continuously decreasing. We hypothesize that the direct involvement with farm activities or...

Global warming, deteriorating water infrastructure and transboundary factors are threatening Uzbekistan’s long-term surface water supply. Groundwater is a potential alternative for irrigation purposes. Little research is available about how farmers in Uzbekistan use groundwater for irrigation,...