@article{Kyle:127858,
      recid = {127858},
      author = {Kyle, Steven C. and Chabot, Phillippe},
      title = {AGRICULTURE IN THE REPUBLIC OF KARAKALPAKSTAN AND KHOREZM  OBLAST OF UZBEKISTAN},
      address = {1997-07},
      number = {642-2016-44392},
      series = {WP 97-13},
      pages = {57},
      year = {1997},
      abstract = {This paper describes the agricultural sector in the  western region of Uzbekistan, the most populous of the  former Soviet Central Asian Republics. Agriculture in this  region, as in all of Uzbekistan, is entirely dependent on  irrigation, as has been the case for millennia. Evidence of  settlement of the desert oases and the banks of the Amu  Darya River (known as the Oxus in ancient times) dates back  many millennia, as does settlement of the short of the Aral  Sea, largely based on fishing. However, the Aral Sea Region  of Uzbekistan, including the Autonomous Republic of  Karakalpakstan and Khorezm Oblast, the currently undergoing  severe ecological stress, as is the entire Aral Sea Basin.  Massive expansion of irrigated area starting in the 1960's  has resulted in a steady shrinkage of the Aral Sea, whose  shoreline is now some 100 kilometers beyond its former  location. There are now problems with extreme salinization  of the sea water, which supports many fewer species than  previously, as well as wind-blown salt from the flats left  by the retreating waters. In addition, poor irrigation  management has caused severe problems with waterlogging and  salinity in upstream areas.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/127858},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.127858},
}