A coming court verdict on the admissibility of independently verified information could have lasting negative implications for labor rights reporting in Uzbekistan. Privatization of the cotton ...

The roadmap is intended to boost the production of sustainable cotton in the Uzbekistan, which is one of the world’s largest cotton producers. Uzbekistan is unique for its cotton clusters ...

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 ...

Better Cotton gave its blessing to a strategic roadmap created with agricultural and textile stakeholders in Uzbekistan to accelerate the country's sustainable cotton production. The global cotton ...

With improvements in productivity, Uzbekistan’s agriculture sector has considerable potential to boost growth and become a critical source of rural employment and an important driver of poverty ...