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Uzbekistan: Surkhandarya students pick cotton, ones in Ferghana continue their studies

Uzbekistan: Surkhandarya students pick cotton, ones in Ferghana continue their studies

25.09.2009 07:43 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

The Human Rights Society Ezgulik ( Mercy ) reported classes suspended at approximately 600 schools out of 840 in the Surkhandarja region of Uzbekistan on the order from the regional administration's Directorate of Education.

Uzbekistan: Unassailable pest of the Aral Sea

Uzbekistan: Unassailable pest of the Aral Sea

26.08.2009 16:51 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Since recently Uzbekistan has been running strict policy in relation to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on water resource allocation, especially in Uzbek part of the Aral Sea.

Tajikistan: Fields of Nightmares

Tajikistan: Fields of Nightmares

11.11.2008 11:46 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

David Holzmeyer is an American living in Khujand, Tajikistan. He teaches English at Khujand State University.

Uzbekistan: harvest by force

Uzbekistan: harvest by force

02.10.2008 15:42 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

The start of the school year in Europe each autumn is a period when education resumes its place at the heart of the lives of pupils and their families. The equivalent of this annual cycle is very different in the central Asian state of Uzbekistan, where soon after their own school year begins, most

Uzbekistan: Children Continue to Work on Cotton Fields despite Official Ban

Uzbekistan: Children Continue to Work on Cotton Fields despite Official Ban

16.09.2008 16:16 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Just recently the Uzbek government vowed to combat the use of child labour on cotton fields. However, latest reports from Uzbekistan appear at odds with government’s intentions.

Uzbekistan Open for Dialogue over Child Labour in Cotton Fields – Officials

Uzbekistan Open for Dialogue over Child Labour in Cotton Fields – Officials

29.08.2008 03:18 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

As more international companies from Europe, US and Canada refuse to buy Uzbek cotton in boycott to forced child labour in cotton fields, Uzbek authorities, who have been fiercely denying children are being sent to the fields, seem now ready for dialogue over the issue.

Faltering Kazakhstan Cotton Industry

Faltering Kazakhstan Cotton Industry

05.07.2008 15:37 msk Cotton Kazakhstan

As soil in the Kazakh southern region continues to deteriorate due to the widespread uncontrolled growth of cotton and the effect of the region’s hot weather in reducing available water, Kazakh cotton farmers face a serious dilemma as they must choose to either find new methods to grown cotton, a cr

Irrigation water shortage could mean disaster for Uzbekistan

Irrigation water shortage could mean disaster for Uzbekistan

12.05.2008 22:23 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Concern grows about irrigation problems which could adversely effect Uzbekistan’s cotton crop. Cotton now accounts for one-fifth of Uzbekistan’s hard currency revenues.

Uzbekistan: the crop practically harvested, cotton pickers are still sent to the fields

Uzbekistan: the crop practically harvested, cotton pickers are still sent to the fields

26.11.2007 08:57 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Administrators from the regional and local education departments with their subordinates spent this autumn picking cotton in the fields in the region near the Aral Sea. It is teachers and kindergartners who end up on harvesting duty now that the gathering is essentially over. All through October and

Purge the uzbek cotton of the stains of forced child labor!

Purge the uzbek cotton of the stains of forced child labor!

16.11.2007 10:18 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Children picking cotton. Denouncement from the Embassy of Uzbekistan in London

Children picking cotton. Denouncement from the Embassy of Uzbekistan in London

02.11.2007 14:28 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Press Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Great Britain categorically denounces the use of children in agriculture. The denouncement became a response to the recent BBC program on the use of children in cotton picking in Uzbekistan.

Uzbekistan plans to cut down cotton hair export and make an emphasis on cotton processing domestically

Uzbekistan plans to cut down cotton hair export and make an emphasis on cotton processing domestically

19.09.2007 11:14 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

Addressing the international Cotton and Textile Conference in Tashkent on September 17, Eljer Ganiyev of the Uzbek Cabinet announced that cotton hair production in the country this year would amount to nearly 1 million tons.

Cotton-picking in Uzbekistan: better pay and stiffer control

Cotton-picking in Uzbekistan: better pay and stiffer control

14.09.2007 16:22 msk Cotton Uzbekistan

President Islam Karimov ordered 20% pay-rise for cotton-pickers this season. Judging by reports in the local media, cotton-pickers on the fringes of the Andijan region are entitled to 71 sum ($0.05) per every kilogram harvested. Their colleagues in the inner areas will be paid 53.74 sums for kilogra

Kyrgyz farmers are through with cotton and wheat

Kyrgyz farmers are through with cotton and wheat

13.07.2007 14:25 msk Cotton Kyrgyzstan

Hurt by a crash of the world cotton market and exorbitant cost price of raw cotton, Kyrgyz farmers refuse to cultivate this strategic cropper. Shortage of water, a bane of all regions of the Ferghana Valley, does not make the situation any better.

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