The Cotton Campaign has called on the Uzbekistan government to strengthen reforms in the country's cotton production.

The 2024 harvest saw a shortage of pickers, government backtracking on positive legislation, and issues stemming from the cotton cluster system; problems rooted in continued state efforts to ...

The Uzbek Forum's findings from monitoring the 2023 cotton harvest point at some instances of forced labor when voluntary workers were scarce. After a dozen years, the Cotton Campaign has ...

China will build a factory for the production of agricultural machinery in Uzbekistan. This was reported by the press service ...

Uzbekistan is one of the few cotton-growing countries that has not mechanized the cotton harvest and continues to rely on manual labor to pick cotton. In 2014, the Government of Uzbekistan decided to ...

Today, Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley, once home to travelling caravans of merchants trading in colourful bazaars, is now the location of a thriving textile hub. Uzbekistan textiles have long been ...

Increasing Uzbek farmers’ autonomy is critical to addressing forced labour risks and attract responsible sourcing ...

In stark contrast, Cotton Growers field a weaker 4-4-2 formation. Their reliance on Uzbekistan national team player Sergeyev and Brazilian import Tabata’s individual prowess has yet to develop a ...

A man prunes an elm tree in Kazankethen, Uzbekistan. Such drought-tolerant trees still line some of the dry irrigation ditches that once diverted water to enormous cotton farms from the Amu Darya ...