Yangiabad, Uzbekistan. A girl harvests the 'white gold'. Cotton has been the principal export of the country since Soviet times

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Yangiabad, Uzbekistan. A girl harvests the 'white gold'. Cotton has been the principal export of the country since Soviet times. But irrigation for the water-hungry plant has cost a heavy price in environmental terms.

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Location: Yangiabad, Uzbekistan
Photo credit: © Richard Wayman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: child, children, clothing, commodity, cotton, economy, exploitation, export, exports, hand, hands, industry, karimov, kid, kids, labor, labour, manual, resources, slave, slavery, textiles, trade, uzbek, uzbekistan, working