Uzbekistan intends to grow oilseeds, soybeans and wheat in Russia on an area of up to one million hectares

The Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan intends to organize in Russia the cultivation of soybeans, wheat, oilseeds on an area of up to 1 million hectares to meet the needs of the Uzbek market, the ministry's press service reported. According to the press service, the Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Zhamshid Khodjaev and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Sergey Levin online discussed the issues of providing agricultural land in Russia to Uzbek enterprises for growing several types of agricultural crops. "At the current stage, we propose to launch this project on an area of 35 thousand hectares to establish contacts and interaction mechanisms, as well as their practical development with the subsequent export of the crop to Uzbekistan," Khodjayev said during the talks, quoted by his press service. According to the ministry, it is precisely those crops that are being considered for which there are natural soil and climatic conditions in Russia: ...