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    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:15:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Agricultural insurance in Uzbekistan: Current status and need for structural changes</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/337497</link>
      <description>Title: Agricultural insurance in Uzbekistan: Current status and need for structural changes
Authors: Bobojonov, Ihtiyor; Kuhn, Lena; Eltazarov, Sarvarbek; Glauben, Thomas
Abstract: The insurance market in Uzbekistan is characterized by its heavy focus of risk management on strategic crops like cotton and wheat and the very close coupling of insurance with agricultural loans. The majority of farmers who received a subsidized production credit from the agricultural bank Uzagrobank are insuring their crops to become eligible for the said credits, which are mainly provided by the state agricultural insurance company Uzagrosugurta. While the importance of this credit-bundled insurance product is undisputed, this close loan bundling has led to a condition where, to date, most Uzbek farmers perceive the insurance product only as a condition for credit access rather than accepting it as a risk management strategy. Several policy reforms (e.g. presidential decrees and development strategies) aimed at improving the functionality of the insurance product beyond its credit collateral function and making it suitable to manage climate and irrigation risks. However, most of these reforms to date require large-scale transformations and come with high implementation cost and risk. In the scope of this policy brief, we provide policy recommendations towards a sustainable implementation of efficient financial climate-risk management in Uzbek agriculture based on several years of research and implementing activities of IAMO in Central Asia.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Farmers' social media groups for better extension and advisory services</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278841</link>
      <description>Title: Farmers' social media groups for better extension and advisory services
Authors: Djanibekov, Nodir; Kurbanov, Zafar; Tadjiev, Abdusame; Govind, Ajit; Akramkhanov, Akmal
Abstract: The spread of information and communications technology (ICT) in Central Asia has reached a point where most farmers use smartphones with mobile internet access providing an opportunity for a low-cost and timely access to agricultural information and advisory services. When extension service is poor and does not cater to the farmers' needs, farmers seek other sources of information, such as exchanging knowledge with their peers and engaging in social media groups using instant messaging applications (apps) such as Telegram and WhatsApp. Analysis of a farm-level survey conducted in 2022 in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, suggests that farmers' participation in online groups for information exchange is influenced by the enabling environment rather than by the type of cultivated crops or farm size. The findings are relevant for developing private sector strategies and public policies to spread digital technologies among Central Asia's farmers with a holistic plan for a digital transformation. When introducing smartphone- or web-based digital technologies, policymakers are recommended to start scaling up with younger and more technologically-savvy farmers who on the one hand rely on their own knowledge but on the other hand are more open to embracing new ways of farming and interaction. Decision-making autonomy is an important factor to facilitate digital transformation in agriculture in the Central Asian context.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Фермерские группы в социальных сетях для повышения качества услуг по распространению знаний и консультаций</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279475</link>
      <description>Title: Фермерские группы в социальных сетях для повышения качества услуг по распространению знаний и консультаций
Authors: Djanibekov, Nodir; Kurbanov, Zafar; Tadjiev, Abdusame; Govind, Ajit; Akramkhanov, Akmal
Abstract: Распространение информационно-коммуникационных техно логий (ИКТ) в Центральной Азии достигло уровня, при котором большинство фермеров получают необходимую им своевре менную и доступную информацию и консультационные услуги непосредственно из Интернета, используя смартфоны. В настоя щее время фермеры активно ищут альтернативные источники информации в условиях, когда качество официальных служб распространения сельскохозяйственных знаний не отвечает спросу. Например, фермеры используют соцсети, такие как Telegram и WhatsApp, для обмена сообщениями и знаниями в тематических группах. Исследование фермерских хозяйств, проведенное в Казахстана и Узбекистана в 2022 году, выявило, что участие фермеров в онлайн-группах по обмену информа цией в основном обуславливается возможностью быстрого до ступа к необходимой информации. В то же время вид возделы ваемых культур или площадь земель фермерского хозяйства имеют меньшее значение. Результаты исследования актуальны для разработки стратегий частного сектора и государственной политики по распространению цифровых технологий среди фермеров Центральной Азии с комплексным планом цифровой трансформации. При широком внедрении цифровых техноло гий на основе смартфонов и интернета рекомендуется делать ставку на молодых и технологически подкованных фермеров, которые, с одной стороны, полагаются на собственные знания, а с другой - более отзывчивы к внедрению новых подходов ве дения сельского хозяйства и взаимодействия c другими фер мерами. Самостоятельность фермеров в принятии решений яв ляется одним из важных факторов в цифровой трансформации сельского хозяйства региона.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2023-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Keep calm and trade on: China's decisive role in agricultural markets under turmoil</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/264294</link>
      <description>Title: Keep calm and trade on: China's decisive role in agricultural markets under turmoil
Authors: Kuhn, Lena; Jaghdani, Tinoush Jamali; Prehn, Sören; Sun, Zhanli; Glauben, Thomas
Abstract: International agricultural trade is key to improving global food security. It ensures access to more diversified foods (e.g. Krivonos and Kuhn 2019 ), acts as a safety net against local production shortfalls (Glauben et al. 2022) and helps make use of regional climatic or resource-related production advantages. While local production and short supply chains can reduce transport costs, they do not necessarily equate to resilient food systems or lower carbon footprints (Stein and Santini 2022). Currently, though, international agricultural trade is facing supply chain disruptions and rising world market prices resulting from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, increasing global food demand and extreme weather events. Both are threatening already strained food security, in particular in import-dependent, low-income regions. Geopolitical risks, such as the China- US trade war and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, are further rattling the food market. As the world's largest consumer of agricultural goods, China's trade strategies influence world markets, with ripple-down effects for consumers around the world, particularly in the Global South. This policy brief aims at shedding light on China's current market actions, and the likely short- and mid-term developments and their impacts. We argue for moderation in response to short-term shocks. Excessive mobility and trade restrictions as well as extreme stockpiling should be avoided. These harm the trade system's overall capacity to resist further and more serious global challenges related to population growth and climate change.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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