<p>Since Kyrgyzstan became independent in 1991, the government started investing in the agricultural sector for the economic growth of the country. State owned enterprises were abolished in favor of smallholder enterprises.</p>
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6,315,800
Urban population
36.4 %
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Women owning land
10.1 %
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08 March 2023
Farmland and pastures across Central Asia are far less productive after decades of monocropping.
Main photo: Depleted land needs more water, which is already insufficient across much of Central Asia. (David Trilling)
The soils of Central Asia yield far less meat, dairy and produce today than…
27 January 2023
The two countries hope improved ties will massively boost bilateral trade to $2 billion annually.
Main photo: Best of friends: Mirziyoyev, left, and Japarov exchanging warm greetings in Bishkek. (Photo: Kyrgyz presidential administration press office)
The leaders of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan met…
24 October 2022
Main Photo: Protesters in Bishkek demanded on Monday the release of political prisoners who opposed the land swap with Uzbekistan. (Photo: Metin Dzhumagulov)
About 300 people marched on Monday through Kyrgyzstan’s capital of Bishkek, demanding the release of activists who protested against a land…
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16 June 2021
Recent border clashes between Kyrgyz and Tajik troops, which have thus far claimed the lives of over 50 civilians and military personnel, are the latest skirmishes in what seems to be an eternal pattern of sovereignty-related disputes between the two Central Asian nations. There is a case to be…
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A new series of case studies authored by researchers at Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies program profiles recent initiatives to strengthen tenure security and reform land registration systems in seven countries: South Africa, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, Mozambique…
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