Uzbekistan doubles seed potato imports

In 2020, Uzbekistan will have doubled the import of seed potatoes compared to last year. In total, seed potatoes worth € 89 million have been imported over the past two years, the nuz.uz portal reports. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev himself indicated that the country has not done enough so far to ensure cooperation between science and cultivation and the assignment of scientific institutions. At the same time, there remains a demand for developments aimed at increasing horticultural productivity, the effective specialization of certain areas and the creation of fresh products with a high added value. The state of the art of creating varieties suitable for the climate of the different regions of the country and the cultivation of high-quality seed potatoes is called unsatisfactory, according to potatosystem.ru. The president stressed the need to ...