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"We heard the presidential resolution in the news and hope that cheap seed potatoes will be supplied soon." "Given the difficulty in securing high-quality seed potatoes, I hope that the seed potato production technology established at the Samarkand Agricultural Innovation Research University (SamATI) will spread quickly," said potato farmers Akrom and Bunyod from Uzbekistan. Their country has a low self-sufficiency rate for seed potatoes, and the use of poor-quality seed potatoes has led to a decline in quantity and quality, making the production and distribution of high-quality seed potatoes a matter of great interest. This article conveys Uzbekistan's plan for seed potato self-reliance and the voices of its farmers. #Shortage of high-quality seed potatoes, low potato productivity As of 2024, Uzbekistan produced approximately 3,717,000 tons of potatoes from a cultivation area of 220,000 hectares. Considering the population of about 37.5 million people with a per capita ...