Transition to smallholder agriculture in Central Asia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2285685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zvi Lerman (0000-0002-6865-8429, Department of Agricultural Economics, Department of Environmental Economics and Management Hebrew University of Jerusalem Rehovot Israel, corresponding author), David Sedik (FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa Cairo Egypt) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 904-912 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Agrarian Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-0358 • E-ISSN: 1471-0366 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/joac.12282 |
| OpenAlex | W2893789303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 13 |
The article reviews the development of smallholder farming in Central Asia's former Soviet republics. One of the striking features of the agricultural transition in Central Asia (and Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS] in general) is the dramatic shift, since 1992, from the predominance of large corporate farms to individual or family agriculture based on a spectrum of small farms. Evidence shows that individualization of agriculture is associated with the observed posttransition recovery in Central Asia (and in CIS in general) and that small family farms outperform the large enterprises. This clashes with the traditional philosophy of economies of scale and with the inherited view of small family farms as an undesirable aberration. We discuss the policies that helped smallholder farms in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan and severely restricted their growth and development in Uzbekistan and especially Turkmenistan
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |