Can uzbek farmers get more for their Cotton?

European Journal of Development Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-296

  Rudenko, Inna ^a,b   Lamers, John P A ^a,b   Grote, Ulrike ^c  

^a URGENCH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Uzbekistan)

^b ZEF/UNESCO Project   (Uzbekistan)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cotton revenues; Cotton stakeholders; Cotton value chain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL REFORM; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; EXPORT; INCOME; RURAL ECONOMY; STAKEHOLDER;

UZBEKISTAN;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77952314319     PISSN: 09578811     EISSN: 17439728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2009.3     Document Type: Article

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