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Page 635
... agriculture . Light manufacturing ( mostly shoes ) , sugar processing , and assembly industries also assumed greater importance in the 1980s . These activities , however , em- ployed only a small fraction of the labour force , most of ...
... agriculture . Light manufacturing ( mostly shoes ) , sugar processing , and assembly industries also assumed greater importance in the 1980s . These activities , however , em- ployed only a small fraction of the labour force , most of ...
Page 677
... agriculture agriculture the country has trouble feeding itself and must import food . The main cause is the disproportionate distribution of land in favour of commercial crops , leaving many of the peasants landless and unable to grow ...
... agriculture agriculture the country has trouble feeding itself and must import food . The main cause is the disproportionate distribution of land in favour of commercial crops , leaving many of the peasants landless and unable to grow ...
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... Agriculture . Industrialization has stimulated the mech- anization of agriculture in Kyrgyzstan , and many types of machines necessary to cope with the largely mountainous terrain are manufactured in the republic . Unlike other Central ...
... Agriculture . Industrialization has stimulated the mech- anization of agriculture in Kyrgyzstan , and many types of machines necessary to cope with the largely mountainous terrain are manufactured in the republic . Unlike other Central ...
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