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Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia, is heavily dependent on agriculture for food security and employment, making it a critical sector. Due to its predominantly rural population, agriculture accounts for a large proportion of the labour force (above 60 percent in 2021) in Tajikistan and is a major contributor to GDP (19.8 percent of GDP in 2021). The sector is largely characterized by small-scale farming and family-based operations focused on the cultivation of such crops as cotton, wheat, fruit and…