Can distortions in agriculture support structural transformation? The case of Uzbekistan

The Role of Agriculture in the Formation of Macroeconomic Indicators of National Economy

“…In Uzbekistan, there was a government intervention in agriculture by means of excessive intensive product extraction and economies of scale. This contributed to the investments into industries with value added (Lombardozzi, 2019). The fact is confirmed by the conclusions and the redistribution of resources in the economy is not in favor of agriculture because of its characteristics, lower productivity and wages compared to the industrial sectors of the economy.…”

“…It plays an important social and economic role with regard to people's health and welfare, and to the country's food security (Magasumovna et al, 2017;Falco et al, 2018;Lombardozzi, 2019). So, scientists consider the rural sector to play a strategic role in the state development (Lombardozzi, 2019). Special importance is given to farming in the countries where living and climatic conditions of people are not good enough, and where there are food problems.…”

“…Analysis of the results of scientific research indicates that scientists are concerned about the problems of farming, its development, efficiency, and its environmental and socio-economic functions. The issues of state regulation and support of the industry are discussed in the article (Czyżewski and Grzelak, 2018;Khabirov et al, 2018;Lombardozzi, 2019). An important role of science and technology (Gabitov et al, 2018a;2018b;Mingaleva et al, 2018;Wang and Huang, 2018) and the role of investments attraction (Wang and Huang, 2018;Lombardozzi, 2019) for farming development are recognized.…”

“…The issues of state regulation and support of the industry are discussed in the article (Czyżewski and Grzelak, 2018;Khabirov et al, 2018;Lombardozzi, 2019). An important role of science and technology (Gabitov et al, 2018a;2018b;Mingaleva et al, 2018;Wang and Huang, 2018) and the role of investments attraction (Wang and Huang, 2018;Lombardozzi, 2019) for farming development are recognized. In modern conditions there is a problem of wide application of macroeconomic indicators, including those which take into account biological processes, climat-…”

The new plenty; why are some post‐Soviet farms thriving?

“…A large share of Uzbekistan's population lives in the country‐side and roughly a quarter of the country's labor force works in agriculture. Agriculture accounts for around 17–18% of GDP (Lombardozzi, ). The country inherited an agricultural sector centered on cotton, but since the late 1990s, Uzbek agriculture has started a shift to wheat and horticulture.…”