Descriptive agro-economic assessment reveals increased export revenues and cluster yield premiums in Uzbekistan, indicating structural transformation rather than sector decline.
The research analyzes the economic role of agriculture in Uzbekistan and its adaptability to achieve higher productivity as well as value through diversification, agro-industrial clustering, and improving irrigation efficiency. This study uses a descriptive evaluation of secondary indicators from the World Bank, ILO, FAOSTAT, Uzbekistan Statistics Agency's data, governmental reports, and previously published researches. The findings rely on the calculations of changes in the shares of agriculture in GDP, employment, year-on-year agricultural export growth rates, cluster yield premiums, and cotton water-productivity. The share of agriculture in GDP dropped from 37.09% in 1991 to 16.56% in 2025 thus a total decline amounting to 55.35%. The percentage of employment in agriculture decreased from 39.53% in 1994 to 25.20% today which indicates a change of 36.25%. The proceeds from agricultural exports grew from $2.263 billion in 2023 to $3.467 which means an increase of 53.19%. The average yield of cotton in cotton and textile branches is equal to 2.89 tons per hectare while it is 2.36 tons per hectare outside this sector thus implying the cotton yield premium amounting to 22.46%. Overall, Uzbekistan is undergoing a shift in the agricultural sector rather than a deletion of agriculture.
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