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Parviz Khakimov

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Parviz Khakimov

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Parviz Khakimov is a Senior Research Fellow with the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, and is working in an outposted capacity.

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Structural changes and drivers of agrifood system growth in Tajikistan

2025Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; Ashurov, Timur
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Structural changes and drivers of agrifood system growth in Tajikistan

The agricultural sector accounted for one-third and one-fourth of total GDP in 2011 in 2022, respectively. In 2022 compared to 2011, both primary and off farm agricultural GDPs dropped, respectively by 13.2 and 3 percentage points, while primary agriculture employment share fell by 10.4 percentage points. The domestic market played a vital role in the recent agrifood system (AFS) growth, and a sizable portion of locally produced agrifood products was able to meet domestic demand. Though agroprocessing an important off-farm component of the AFS, grew more rapidly and thus contributed the most to off farm AFS growth, the aggregate size of off-farm components of the AFS did not increase to match with the structural change in the broader economy.

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2025

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Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; Ashurov, Timur

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Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; and Ashurov, Timur. 2025. Structural changes and drivers of agrifood system growth in Tajikistan. Central Asia Policy Brief 25. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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Tajikistan

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Asia; Central Asia; Agrifood Systems; Markets; Productivity; Value Chains

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English

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Open Access

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Assessing agrifood system growth outcomes in Tajikistan

2025Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; Ashurov, Timur
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Assessing agrifood system growth outcomes in Tajikistan

On March 1, 2023, the Government of Tajikistan adopted a new sectoral program, “Agrifood System and Sustainable Development Program,” for the period up to 2030. The program defined six priorities, namely (1) strengthening institutions, (2) enabling physical infrastructure, (3) creating an agriculture extension system, (4) ensuring food and nutrition security, (5) ensuring food safety and, veterinary and plant protection, and (6) establishing effectively functioning value chains. The Program aims to ensure sustainable development of the sector and enhance its competitiveness through structural and institutional reforms, by boosting sector productivity, creating new jobs, and ensuring food security. To inform the policy by providing empirical evidence, in this brief, first we assess and compare diverse contributions of different agrifood value chains to broad development outcomes, second, we assess the effectiveness of agricultural productivity-led growth across agrifood value chain groups for achieving multiple development outcomes (economic growth, job creation, declining poverty, and improved diets) and inclusive agrifood system transformation in Tajikistan.

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2025

Authors

Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; Ashurov, Timur

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Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; and Ashurov, Timur. 2025. Assessing agrifood system growth outcomes in Tajikistan. Central Asia Policy Brief 27. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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Tajikistan

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Asia; Central Asia; Agrifood Systems; Development; Infrastructure; Agricultural Extension Systems; Food Security

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English

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Open Access

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Tajikistan’s agrifood system structure

2025Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; Ashurov, Timur
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Tajikistan’s agrifood system structure

Tajikistan’s agrifood system (AFS) accounted for 34.7 percent of Tajikistan’s national GDP and 58 percent of employment in 2022. Primary agriculture alone contributed one-quarter of total GDP and 54.9 percent of employment, while the four off-farm components of the AFS contributed about 10 percent of GDP and 3.2 percent of employment. The share of employment in primary agriculture in total employment in AFS (AgEmp+) is huge, 94 percent. The off-farm components of the AFS therefore accounted for close to 30 percent of AgGDP+ and only 5 percent of AgEMP+. Though Tajikistan is an agrarian economy, it imports a lot of foods, and the shares of imports in the country’s total merchandise imports are consistently high, around 22 percent between 2016 and 2022. For the same period, food exports as a percentage of total merchandise exports were just 3 percent (World Bank 2023). Agrifood imports also grew more rapidly, increasing by a multiple of 16 between 2000 and 2023, while exports only doubled over the same period (Khakimov, et al. 2024).

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2025

Authors

Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; Ashurov, Timur

Citation

Khakimov, Parviz; Diao, Xinshen; Goibov, Manuchehr; and Ashurov, Timur. 2025. Tajikistan’s agrifood system structure. Central Asia Policy Brief 23. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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Tajikistan

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Asia; Central Asia; Agrifood Systems; Imports; Food Supply; Commodities

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English

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A changing landscape: Plots, crops, infrastructure, and livestock in the Khatlon Province
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March 29, 2024

A changing landscape: Plots, crops, infrastructure, and livestock in the Khatlon Province

By Isabel Lambrecht, Sarah Pechtl, Kamiljon Akramov, Jovidon Aliev, and Parviz Khakimov

Evolving practices with potential impacts for nutrition.