The current tasks in food security and energy supply have been identified

On August 11, a video conference was held in Bukhara under the chairmanship of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on ensuring price stability through increasing food production and guaranteed supply of energy resources to the population and economic sectors.

Severe winter and abnormally hot weather in summer caused a number of problems. Therefore, it is already necessary to prepare for the upcoming winter, to form a sufficient food reserve and ensure the stability of the energy system, it was noted at the meeting.

In recent years, due to the reduction of acreage for cotton and grain, 200 thousand hectares of land have been allocated to the population for agriculture, which has become an important factor in increasing food production. As a result, 700 thousand people were provided with permanent, another 1.3 million people with seasonal work. The incomes of 605 thousand farmers have increased. The number of districts providing themselves with potatoes, onions and carrots is growing.

At the same time, many districts and cities receive vegetables, meat and eggs from other regions. Khokims fail to properly organize the use of allocated land.

Therefore, the head of state announced new initiatives in this direction. It is determined that from now on the lease term of 73 thousand hectares of land allocated for 10 years will be extended to 30 years. 100 thousand hectares of unused pastures will be allowed to be leased to the population with cattle for a period of 10 years, the area of one plot will be at least 10 hectares. When granting land to the needy population included in the "Register of Social Protection", it will be exempt from paying all types of land payments.

The instruction was given to replace the plots that did not arouse the interest of the population with lands close to water sources and settlements, and to put up new cultivated lands for transparent auctions.

It was emphasized that this will allow to prepare 1 million tons of products and provide an additional 800 thousand people with income.

The implementation of a program for growing grapes, pumpkins, melons, watermelon and vegetable crops on the edges of fields, harvesting 220 thousand tons of additional products, maintaining 600 thousand heads of poultry and 300 thousand bee hives was considered.

It was noted that price growth should be restrained by expanding the cultivation of repeat crops and increasing production volumes.

In recent years, the area of greenhouses in the country has tripled, and the volume of products grown in them has increased from 90 thousand to 300 thousand tons. They employ 150 thousand people in highly paid work.

In this regard, it is pointed out the importance of uninterrupted supply of fuel to greenhouses in the autumn-winter season, as well as, if necessary, the allocation of loans for its purchase.

The meeting also discussed the tasks of guaranteed provision of energy resources to the population and sectors of the economy.

A lot of work is being done in our country to develop "green" energy and introduce energy-saving technologies into the economy.

Over the past period, 430 MW of renewable energy sources have been put into operation. This generates 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, which is equal to 60 percent of the annual consumption of social facilities.

To date, solar panels with a capacity of 250 MW have been installed in social and business facilities, in the homes of the population.

At the same time, the urgency of saving energy resources is increasing. The need to save 3.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and 2.4 billion cubic meters of gas by the end of the year was emphasized.

The task has been set to extract 30 billion cubic meters of gas in the second half of the year, increase reserves in underground gas storage facilities to at least 3.5 billion cubic meters, and produce 41 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.

The instruction was given to completely repair electrical networks and transformers, to strengthen discipline in the field of energy consumption.