Increasing interest in growing soybeans observed in Uzbekistan

In recent years, there has been an increase in the interest of farmers in the production of soybeans in Uzbekistan. This was announced on September 15 during the international agro-industrial conference "Asia Grains & Oils Conference in Tashkent-2022" by Oybek Zufarov, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Oil and Fat Enterprises of the Republic of Uzbekistan "Uzyogmoysanoat". “If in 2020 the soybean sowing area was only 13 thousand hectares, from which 15 thousand tons of oilseeds were harvested, then in 2021, 125 thousand hectares were already occupied with this crop. In this year 182 thousand hectares were sown with soybeans in the country's farms, from which it is expected to harvest almost 200 thousand tons of crops. We expect that in 2023 the area will be expanded to 188 thousand hectares,” he specified. According to the expert, these measures have reduced the import of both soybeans and soybean oil. So, in 2020, Uzbekistan purchased 15 thousand tons of soybeans and 17 ...