At a meeting with agriculture leaders dedicated to the Agricultural Worker's Day, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev summarized the year's results and highlighted the sector's key achievements.
According to the president, Uzbekistan harvested 4 million tons of cotton this year, thanks to the introduction of advanced technologies and high-yielding varieties. The average yield reached 46 quintals per hectare, while nearly 1,500 farmers managed to harvest up to 70 quintals.
Grain production is also growing rapidly: 8.4 million tons of grain were harvested, with a yield of 85 quintals per hectare thanks to new varieties and biotechnology. Over 3,500 producers harvested over 100 quintals of wheat per hectare.
The rice growing season was also successful, with 1.34 million tons of rice grown, with a yield of 50 quintals per hectare. Farms are implementing water-saving technologies—they have been applied on 35,000 hectares of fields, and planting rice seedlings on 45,000 hectares has saved 350 million cubic meters of water.
The modernization of the fruit and vegetable industry is ongoing: over the past three years, 155,000 hectares of orchards and vineyards have been set up, and another 150,000 hectares have been converted to intensive farms. This year, 2 million tons of grapes, 3.4 million tons of fruit, and 19.5 million tons of vegetables were harvested.
Agricultural exports have also demonstrated steady growth. Since the beginning of the year, shipments have increased by 37%, reaching $3 billion, and by the end of the year, export revenue is expected to reach $3.2 billion. Agriculture has become the second-largest source of foreign exchange earnings after the textile industry.
Uzbekistan is significantly expanding its export geography: fruits and vegetables are now exported to 83 countries, 18 more than last year.
While, the country has become a global leader in a number of areas. Uzbekistan became one of the three largest exporters of dried apricots and plums, rose to seventh place in the export of peaches and raisins, and took eighth place in the supply of cherries.
