Editing Economy of Kyrgyzstan (section)

===Agriculture===
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[[File:E7994-Milyanfan-fields.jpg|thumb|left|Irrigated fields in the [[Chuy River|Chuy]] Valley]]
Agriculture remains a vital part of Kyrgyzstan's economy and a refuge for workers displaced from industry. [[Subsistence farming]] has increased in the early 2000s. After sharp reductions in the early 1990s, by the early 2000s agricultural production was approaching 1991 levels. [[Grain]] production in the lower valleys and [[livestock]] grazing on upland pastures occupy the largest share of the agricultural workforce. Farmers are shifting to grain and away from [[cotton]] and [[tobacco]]. Other important products are [[dairy]] products, [[hay]], animal feed, [[potatoes]], [[vegetables]], and [[sugar beets]]. Agricultural output comes from private household plots (55 percent of the total), private farms (40 percent), and state farms (5 percent). Further expansion of the sector depends on banking reform to increase investment, and on market reform to streamline the distribution of inputs. Land reform, a controversial issue in Kyrgyzstan, has proceeded very slowly since initial legislation in 1998.<ref name=cp>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Kyrgyzstan.pdf Kyrgyzstan country profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050226190608/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Kyrgyzstan.pdf |date=2005-02-26 }}. [[Library of Congress]] [[Federal Research Division]] (January 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> The [[irrigation]] infrastructure is in poor condition. Agriculture contributes about one-third of the GDP and more than one-third of employment.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

Kyrgyzstan produced in 2018:

* 1.4 million tons of [[potato]];
* 773 thousand tons of [[sugar beet]];
* 692 thousand tons of [[maize]];
* 615 thousand tons of [[wheat]];
* 429 thousand tons of [[barley]];
* 224 thousand tons of [[tomato]];
* 218 thousand tons of [[watermelon]];
* 209 thousand tons of [[onion]];
* 176 thousand tons of [[carrot]];
* 147 thousand tons of [[cabbage]];
* 144 thousand tons of [[apple]];
* 119 thousand tons of [[cucumber]];
* 116 thousand tons of [[vegetable]];
* 101 thousand tons of [[bean]];
* 74 thousand tons of [[cotton]];

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like [[apricot]] (25 thousand tons).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ |title=Kyrgyzstan production in 2018, by FAO |access-date=2020-11-01 |archive-date=2016-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112130804/http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ |url-status=live }}</ref>