On January 23, Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on cotton cultivation support. 265 projects worth 4 billion dollars were launched by the clusters creating 300,000 new jobs. As a result, the yield of cotton increased by 30%, from 26 centners to 34 centres.
7,000 farmers are forced to irrigate their cotton fields with pumps. There is no deadline for concluding futures contracts, and there is no transparent system for registering contracts.
Last year, the price of mineral fertilizer on the domestic market increased by 50%, causing a shortage. Therefore, a proposal was made to extend customs privileges for mineral fertilizers for another 3 years.
Officials were given instructions on arranging the agreements between the cluster and the farmers and setting up the accounts, coordinating cotton and grain production. Penalties charged to farms for non-payment of value-added tax on time were set to be written off as an exception.
The task of registering futures contracts in the electronic information system of tax authorities and integrating them into the information system "Agroplatform" of the Ministry of Agriculture was set. Also, now the analysis of average monthly futures quotations of the New York Stock Exchange is published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture.
At the meeting, in general, the current year's tasks in agriculture were discussed. In particular, it was said that 600 projects worth 400 million dollars will be launched, additional 185,000 tons of storage and processing facilities will be created, and agricultural service centers will be established in 33 districts.
It is planned to install water-saving technologies on 300,000 hectares, and laser levelling on 200,000 hectares. Distribution of 100,000 hectares of arable land and provision of employment for more than 2 million people is also an important task. It is also important for the availability of basic types of food products and price stability in the markets.
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