Agricultural development is for the most part, labor intensive, which translates to the employment of many people. Non-irrigated lands in the Aral region are economically "worthless" scrub/desert. The saving of the Aral Sea has become a human right's issue. There is the necessity to feed and employ the people of the area. The fishing industry of the 1960's employed 60,000 people. The agricultural industry of the today employs 2 million people.
The problems surrounding the Aral Sea would make a very interesting discussion.

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