BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 4. Uzbekistan looks to increase the volume of potato production, with help of specialists from Hungary, Trend reports via Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture.
The matter was discussed at the meeting of the joint working group of Uzbekistan and Hungary in the field of agriculture.
During the meeting, the parties discussed prospects for expanding cooperation in the field of phytosanitary, horticulture, viticulture, as well as potato growing.
Throughout talks, the sides emphasized growing dynamics on the export of beans, raisins, and plums from Uzbekistan to Hungary, as well as increasing the supply of corn seeds and potatoes from Hungary to Uzbekistan.
Following the discussions, the working group agreed on the cultivation of 500,000 potato seedlings in 2023 in the territory of Uzbekistan, as well as on the cultivation of 700,000 mini-tuberous potato varieties in the greenhouses of the country.
Earlier in February, the Hungarian Bonofarm Group expressed interest in building poultry enterprises in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent and Samarkand regions. The Hungarian company plans to build a poultry complex worth $400 million on the inspected land plots. The complex will include 10 poultry farms, a slaughter farm (25 hectares), a feed production plant (10 hectares), an incubation farm (5 hectares), and a farm for raising chickens (10 hectares).