Though agrarian reforms have, throughout, condensed the socio-economic disparity prevailing in different societies and helped to bring considerable change in social structures. Some notable changes did occur in the agrarian systems of Post-Communist Central Asian states too but so far as the socio-economic change in the rural Central Asia is concerned, it has not really made any meaningful mark. After the collapse of Soviet Union and in its backdrop the emergence of independent states of Central Asia had made experts envision bloom of the agricultural economies but nothing much of this sort happened, it rather worsened as there was no Central Command System in place. Analysing the reforms that took place during the last two decades in Uzbekistan, these have not changed the destiny of the rural masses. The most fruitful agricultural crop of Uzbekistan has been cotton, generating major foreign currency. The government continues to be the owner of the land and did not allow its privatisation, though it has been leased out to those who are economically and politically well placed. Consequently a large number of population migrated mainly to Russian federation and Kazakhstan to earn their livelihood. The migration of working population in its turn brought about considerable changes in the social institutions of the land. The book focuses on the direction and socio-economic impact of agrarian reforms introduced immediately after the independence of Uzbekistan. Policy makers and scholars having interest in Central Asia may find the volume useful.