Blueberry and raspberry plantations of 1000 hectares are planned to be established in Tashkent region (Uzbekistan)

The President of Uzbekistan proposes to make the Tashkent region a model in horticulture and increase the export of agricultural products. In the districts, it is planned to establish raspberry and blueberry plantations, vineyards and cherry orchards, as well as to establish the production of pomegranate juice, EastFruit reports. In the Tashkent region, low efficiency of agricultural land use is recorded. Despite the fact that the area of agricultural land in the region is 1.5 times larger than, for example, in Andijan, the volume of produced products remains at the same level. The average income per hectare in the region was also 2 times lower than in Andijan, 1.5 times less than in Namangan and Fergana, and 1.3 times less than in Bukhara, writes Gazeta.uz. Over the past three years, 21 thousand hectares of land have been transferred for agriculture to 51 thousand residents. However, the volume of fruit and vegetable exports since the beginning of the year amounted to only $72 ...