Asparagus and Uzbekistan: Assessing the prospects for profitable cultivation, consumption, export

Asparagus is one of the most trending vegetables in the world - its consumption, according to EastFruit, is growing rapidly, and growers are making good profits from growing it. In particular, in the countries of Eastern Europe, the popularity of asparagus is growing faster than its production, so the prices for asparagus here are about two to three times higher than in the European Union, where asparagus has long been a traditional spring product. Nevertheless, in Uzbekistan and Central Asian countries, producers, for some reason, as in the case of blueberries, did not notice these trends. Therefore, the production and consumption of asparagus is not developed here, and consumers, mainly, do not know what “asparagus” is. But it turns out that Uzbek farmers are losing the opportunity to earn very good money on growing this crop, which can be much more profitable for them than all other types of vegetables grown. After all, what other type of outdoor vegetables can be sold for $ ...