Agriculture in Uzbekistan

Agriculture in Uzbekistan employs 28% of the country's labor force and contributes 24% of its GDP (2006 data).[1] Crop agriculture requires irrigation and occurs mainly in river valleys and oases. Cultivable land is 4.5 million hectares, or about 10% of Uzbekistan's total area, 50% of total area of Uzbekistan is used for agriculture and it has to be shared between crops and cattle. Desert pastures cover fully 50% of the country, but they support only sheep.[2]

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