Vol. 1 No. 5 (2026), Articles
Vol. 1 No. 5 (2026)

RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE WHEAT INDUSTRY OF UZBEKISTAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STRATEGY

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Published 2026-05-08
Kamola Mukhitdinova
Tashkent State Technical University
Nigora Kurbanova
Tashkent State Technical University
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wheat, food security, agricultural risk, drought, soil salinisation, ISO 31000, COSO ERM, Uzbekistan, cluster, import dependence.

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Mukhitdinova , K., & Kurbanova , N. (2026). RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE WHEAT INDUSTRY OF UZBEKISTAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS STRATEGY. INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE, 1(5), 83-87. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20089692
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Abstract

Wheat is the strategic food-security commodity of Uzbekistan. According to FAO, aggregate cereal production in 2025 reached an above-average 8.9 million tonnes, yet the country still imports around 22 percent of annual consumption from Kazakhstan. Building on ISO 31000 and COSO ERM, this thesis systematically analyses the main sectoral risks — climatic, water, soil salinisation, price volatility, import dependence, and agro-biotic — and proposes a three-tier (micro–meso–macro) risk-management strategy. The analysis draws on Scopus-indexed sources together with FAO GIEWS, the World Bank, USDA FAS, and the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan.

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