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| Wehrheim, Peter; Schoeller-Schletter, Anja; Martius, Christopher; Djanibekov, Nodir; Bobojonov, Ihtiyor; Rudenko, Inna; Lamers, John P.A.; Muller, Marc; Schieder, Tina; Cai, Ximing; Hirsch, Darya; Wall, Caleb. |
| Decades of Soviet rule have left a heritage of environmental and social problems in Central Asia. The demise of an entire ecosystem at unprecedented pace, the "Aral Sea Syndrome", is the most prominent of the undesired outcomes of the focus on agricultural production that has dominated land and resource use and continues till today. The international outcry over this ecological crisis has delegated other – and maybe more urgent – problems to a second pane. Rural livelihoods are rapidly deteriorating, unemployment is high, and rural poverty widespread. Ecological aspects, although strongly affecting everyday life in rural areas – such as water and soil salinity and environmental pollution – are not the fore most concern to the local population, as the... |
| Tipo: Book |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Industrial Organization; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Relations/Trade; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/92320 |
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| Worbes, Martin; Botman, Evgeniy; Khamzina, Asia; Tupitsa, Alexander; Martius, Christopher; Lamers, John P.A.. |
| A wealth of research papers, reports, and newsprint demonstrate the wide international interest in the ecological deterioration in the Aral Sea Basin in Central Asia (CA). The demise of the Aral Sea is a symptom that results from intensive agricultural activities aiming at maximizing agricultural production while neglecting environmental sustainability, as exemplified by the land use patterns also prevalent in the Republic of Uzbekistan, one of the five newly established states in CA. The environmental degradation is acute and continues, since various factors conducive to it have not been eradicated. This discussion paper deals with the potential role of forestry-based production systems and in their contribution to counterbalancing the ecological... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7123 |
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