UZBEK FARMERS’ VICTORY

Farmers of Uzbekistan fulfilled their contractual obligations on growing grain, cotton, fruits and vegetables, silk as well as in sericulture and animal husbandry for this year.

This year, our farmers collected 7 million 300 thousand tons of grain, over 3 million 350 thousand tons of cotton. Every year approximately 16 million tons of fruits and vegetables are harvested.

– Conditions for farmers, created under the guidance of President Islam Karimov, is a significant factor in our achievements, - says Yakub Fattoev, head of the “Fattoev” farming unit in Pehsku district of Bukhara region. - This year we have collected over 228 tons of cotton. We have fulfilled our contractual obligations, thanks to which our welfare is also raising. Until the end of the season, we plan to reach the harvest level of 5 tons per hectare.

90 per cent of cotton, grown this year, have been identified as high quality. Necessary conditions for increasing this indicator is also in place in our country. A special attention is paid to due are for cotton-trees and timely conduction of agritechnical measures, such as irrigation, cultivation, chasing, pest control, defoliation.

In farming every day is important, – says Saidakhmad Umidallaev, head of the “Saodat” farming unit in Kumkurgan district of Surkhandarya region. – I learned this from my own experience of growing grain and cotton for several years. If any of the agritechnical measures are not carried out on time, the results in late autumn will not be as planned. That’s why we carry out necessary agricultural work on time and with quality.

Average grain yield this year in our country is 53 quintals per hectare. Average yield in Baliqchi, Ishtikhon, Izboskan, Denov, Vobkent, Romitan, Pastdarg’om, Toshloq, Uchqurgon, Qiziltepa districts was around 55-60 quintals per hectare, which once again demonstrates huge potential of our farmers.

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