Proposals for the development of livestock industries are considered

On June 25, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev familiarized himself with proposals for the development of livestock industries.

Meat, eggs, milk and their processed products occupy a significant place in the daily diet of the population. In this regard, measures are being taken to develop poultry, sheep and goat farming, as well as reduce food inflation. In addition, these industries provide significant employment opportunities and income increases for the population.

For example, in 2023, 253 projects were implemented in the poultry industry, the number of such farms reached 1.3 thousand, and 4,000 new jobs were created. It is planned to attract 420 million dollars from international organizations and banks for promising projects.

At the presentation, the responsible persons provided information on the poultry development strategy and plans for the current year.

In particular, it was noted that this year the volume of poultry meat production will be increased from 700 thousand tons to 800 thousand tons, and egg production — from 8.5 billion to 10 billion.

The most important issue in this industry is genetics. There is no first-order meat poultry reproducer in our country, and second-order poultry is imported from Hungary.

An American company accounts for 80 percent of the global market for poultry genetics solutions. It is planned to jointly introduce genetic technologies into poultry farming and create breeding farms.

Proposals on the implementation of a cluster system in poultry farming, the development of ready-made business projects and their provision to entrepreneurs were also discussed.

Additional opportunities have been identified to support the development of the industry. In accordance with this, poultry enterprises will be exempt from land tax for 5 years. The export of poultry meat will be allowed. The deadline for the return of $35 million of inexpensive resources provided to entrepreneurs will be extended for 3 years.

The Head of State also gave instructions to expand feed stocks and centrally supply them to poultry farms.

Currently, there are 39 farms in our country engaged in karakul farming. There are 2 million sheep on more than 2 million hectares of pastures in the Bukhara region. This, of course, is not enough.

In this regard, it is proposed to raise Karakul sheep on the basis of cooperation in households. In particular, sheep will be provided to the population in Karakul, Karaulbazar, Gijduvan, Peshkun, Jandar and Alat districts, as well as pastures and wells will be allocated. The areas for forage plants will be expanded.

With the help of such measures, the task has been set to increase the number of Karakul sheep from 6 to 7 million heads.

During the President's trip to Namangan region, instructions were given on the development of goat breeding. In accordance with this, purebred goats were brought from Turkey and Russia, and a breeding goat breeding cluster was created.

It is indicated that it is necessary in a similar way, now based on the experience of Mongolia, to bring 5,000 purebred goats to the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Bukhara, Jizzakh, Namangan and Tashkent regions for their breeding. This will allow to increase the number of goats to more than 100 thousand heads in two years.

Instructions are also given to improve breeding and goat breeding, production and export of cashmere and tweed from goat wool.