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It is planned to build 18 large poultry farms in Surkhandarya for $60 million
At a meeting on the development of the Surkhandarya region, Shavkat Mirziyoyev instructed to launch flights from Termez to Dubai and modernize the railways.
Presidentpaidattention to agricultural issues. Of the 49 thousand hectares of dekhkan lands in the region, 3-4 crops are grown annually on 35 thousand hectares, and a school of household plots near Termezestablishedtraining on carrying out up to five sowings on a site.
The goal is to open similar schools in the Angora, Uzun, and Denau regions in order to educate 10 thousand people a year. Other regions will have to open at least two innovative schools for homestead farming.
A three-year program will be developed to grow grapes for export on 6 thousand hectares of land. In Uzun, it is planned to establish the production of dried dates (persimmons) and figs based on Japanese experience. In 4 districts it was ordered to create citrus plantations with an area of 5 thousand hectares.
Greenhouse farms, thanks to local conditions, can incur 2-3 times less costs than in other regions,notedMirziyoyev. Based on the experience of Spain, 1 thousand hectares of greenhouses with solar heating will be built, which will be leased to businesses for free for 5 years. Tenants will be exempt from paying for groundwater for three years.
Pasture lands that are in reserve will be put up for auction at a starting price of 1% of the standard value. Buyers will receive loans for their development at 14% per annum for a period of 10 years, with a 4-year grace period.
To irrigate every 10 hectares of pastures, 120 million soums of subsidies will be allocated. As part of the three-year program, the goal is to return 58 thousand hectares to grazing for 300 thousand heads of sheep and goats.
The head of state also noted the absence of large poultry farms in Surkhandarya, with the annual demand for poultry meat being 45 thousand tons. This year it is planned to launch 18 poultry complexes and livestock breeding projects worth $60 million.
Previously Spotwrotethat in two years it is planned to restore 630 thousand hectares of pastures in Uzbekistan.
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