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Norwegian term or phrase:
bomullsinnhøstingen
English translation:
cotton harvest
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-01-25 17:54:11 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Jan 22, 2015 16:47
9 yrs ago
Norwegian term
bomullsinnhøstingen
Norwegian to English
Social Sciences
Agriculture
What is the bomullsinnhøstingen (cotton picking harvesting) in the context of Uzbekistan?
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| 3 +5 | cotton harvest |
Diarmuid Kennan
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| 3 | cotton harvest |
Egor Shapurov
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2 mins
Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Ireland
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Native in: English 
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, Swedish to English
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cotton harvest
I've just been there :o)
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Note added at 16 mins (2015-01-22 17:04:13 GMT)
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The harvest wasn't on when I was there, but I was told that lack of investment since Soviet times means that there is no longer a basis for mechanical harvesting. So, schools, factories and businesses close so that 80-90% of the population can be forcibly recruited for 2-3 weeks to perform the harvest by hand. There are even stories of hospitals being emptied so that doctors, nurses and patients could be forced to work in the fields!
I can't say how much truth there is to this. Like everything you hear in Uzbekistan, it has to be taken with a grain of salt (and a shot or two of vodka).
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Note added at 16 mins (2015-01-22 17:04:13 GMT)
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The harvest wasn't on when I was there, but I was told that lack of investment since Soviet times means that there is no longer a basis for mechanical harvesting. So, schools, factories and businesses close so that 80-90% of the population can be forcibly recruited for 2-3 weeks to perform the harvest by hand. There are even stories of hospitals being emptied so that doctors, nurses and patients could be forced to work in the fields!
I can't say how much truth there is to this. Like everything you hear in Uzbekistan, it has to be taken with a grain of salt (and a shot or two of vodka).
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| Thanks for explaining. Now I understand why it is controversial. |
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Egor Shapurov
Germany
Germany
Works in field
Germany
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Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Norwegian to Russian, and 14 more.
cotton harvest
I don't really understand the question. It is indeed cotton harvest, and a quick Google search shows that they have been forcing adults as well as children 'as young as 10' to harvest cotton for decades there.
There is even a short article about child labor in Uzbekistan on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_Uzbekistan
http://www.cottoncampaign.org
There is even a short article about child labor in Uzbekistan on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_Uzbekistan
http://www.cottoncampaign.org
Note from asker:
| Thanks Egor for the links and info. |
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