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Agrarian Reforms and Food Policy Process in Tajikistan

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Title Agrarian Reforms and Food Policy Process in Tajikistan
 
Creator Babu, Suresh Chandra
Akramov, Kamiljon
 
Subject policies
agrarian reform
food policies
investment
markets
 
Description This paper documents the food and agricultural policy process in the context of agrarian reforms in Tajikistan. It uses the case study of Tajikistan and applies a recently developed conceptual framework for understanding the drivers of policy change. It undertakes a historical review of agrarian reforms and appraises current policy challenges within the food and agricultural sector. Using specific tools to study power relations, financing, and information flows in the policy process, it maps institutional architecture and key stakeholders in the pre- and post-soviet era. Information gathered through focused group discussions, key informant interviews, and recent field research on food and agricultural policy issues is used to analyze factors that drive different stages of the policy making process. Understanding Tajikistan's political economy and policy process interface are key for designing and implementing successful policy interventions. While progress has been made, agrarian reforms towards improving land tenure rights, strengthening WUAs, and providing crop insurance against drought, are the necessary steps in a larger policy discussion. Ensuring the effectiveness of land reforms, building agricultural extension system, and supporting agricultural research systems are examples of some key initiatives that the government should focus on. Investments in transportation, storage, credit facilities, and markets involving the private sector will speed up the reform process.
 
Date 2022-03-02
2023-01-22T18:18:54Z
2023-01-22T18:18:54Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Babu, Suresh Chandra; and Akramov, Kamiljon. 2022. Agrarian Reforms and Food Policy Process in Tajikistan. Central Asian Journal of Water Research 8(1): 27-48. https://doi.org/10.29258/CAJWR/2022-R1.v8-1/27-48.eng
2328-8272
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127777
https://doi.org/10.29258/CAJWR/2022-R1.v8-1/27-48.eng
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Kazakh-German University
 
Source Central Asian Journal of Water Research