Editing Economy of Tajikistan (section)

===Agriculture===
{{Main|Agriculture in Tajikistan}}
Although the government has announced an expedited land reform program, many Soviet-era state farms still existed in 2006, and the state retains control of production and harvesting on privatized farms. Privatization of [[cotton]] farms has been especially slow, and unresolved debts of cotton farmers remained a problem in 2006. In the early 2000s, the major crops were cotton (which occupied one-third of arable land in 2004 but decreased after that date), [[cereal]]s (mainly wheat), [[potato]]es, [[vegetable]]s (mainly onions and tomatoes), [[fruits]], and [[rice]]. Cotton makes an important contribution to both the agricultural sector and the national economy. Cotton accounts for 60 percent of agricultural output, supports 75 percent of the rural population, and uses 45 percent of irrigated arable land.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bs-agro.com/index.php/news/other-countries/23909-tajikistan-over-392-5-thousand-tons-of-cotton-picked-in-tajikistan |title=Tajikistan: Over 392.5 thousand tons of cotton picked in Tajikistan |publisher=BS-AGRO |date=December 12, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220200124/http://bs-agro.com/index.php/news/other-countries/23909-tajikistan-over-392-5-thousand-tons-of-cotton-picked-in-tajikistan |archive-date=December 20, 2013 }}</ref> More than 80% of the 8,800 square kilometers of land in use for agriculture depends on [[irrigation]]. Tajikistan must import grain from [[Kazakhstan]] and Uzbekistan.<ref name=cp/>

Tajikistan produced in 2018:

* 964 thousand tons of [[potato]];
* 778 thousand tons of [[wheat]];
* 680 thousand tons of [[onion]];
* 641 thousand tons of [[watermelon]];
* 443 thousand tons of [[tomato]];
* 356 thousand tons of [[carrot]];
* 308 thousand tons of [[vegetable]];
* 300 thousand tons of [[cotton]];
* 241 thousand tons of [[grape]];
* 238 thousand tons of [[apple]];
* 237 thousand tons of [[maize]];
* 211 thousand tons of [[cucumber]];
* 116 thousand tons of [[cabbage]];
* 108 thousand tons of [[barley]];
* 90 thousand tons of [[rice]];

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like [[apricot]] (31 thousand tons).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/| title = Tajikistan production in 2018, by FAO| access-date = 2020-11-01| archive-date = 2020-05-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200529074007/http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/| url-status = live}}</ref>