Almost half of the volume of onions grown in Uzbekistan falls on dekhkan farms

The Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan predicts that in 2022 all categories of farms will produce 1 million 897 thousand tons of onions. Of these, 954.1 thousand tons - farms and agricultural enterprises, 943.2 thousand tons - dekhkan farms and household plots of the population. For the harvest of 2022, farmers and agricultural enterprises in the regions of the country planted a total of 59.1 thousand hectares, of which in the spring - 22.5 thousand hectares, in August-September - 14.9 thousand hectares, and in November-December it is planned to sow another 21.7 thousand hectares using the "tucsonbosti" method. There are areas in the country specializing in the cultivation of this vegetable, based on soil and climatic conditions and water availability. In particular, onions are planted in Akhangaran, Parkent, Bostanlyk, Tashkent districts of Tashkent, Sh.-Rashidov, Zaamin districts of Jizzakh, Zhambay, Tailak, Samarkand districts of Samarkand, Kitab, Shakhrisabz, Yakkabag ...