Uzbekistan coordinates work on implementing the One Country – One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative to promote sustainable value chains for specialty agricultural products (SAP). Currently, 87 countries have joined the OCOP initiative to promote 53 SAP. As reported by EastFruit, cherries have been selected as a priority product for Uzbekistan. On October 25, 2024, the first meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) to support the National Working Group for the implementation of the OCOP initiative was held. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Agency for Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex, the Agency for Quarantine and Plant Protection, as well as the Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Winemaking named after Academician Makhmud Mirzayev, writes Nuz.uz. Representatives of private agribusiness companies and the EU ASK Facility also took ...