Kashkadarya has great investment potential and wide opportunities in the food sector

On December 4, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on measures to ensure food security, increase investment and reduce poverty in the Kashkadarya region, the press service of the head of our state reports.

Kashkadarya has high potential in all leading areas, such as industry, energy, agriculture, tourism. Since the beginning of the year, the region has mastered $ 2 billion in investments. 565 thousand people have been employed, 90 thousand people have been lifted out of poverty. It is expected that by the end of the year, the gross regional product will grow by more than 6 percent, and exports will reach $ 555 million.

If the region’s potential is fully utilized, the results will be much more significant. Additional opportunities and new projects in this area were discussed at the meeting.

First of all, the issue of food security will be a priority. Starting next year, Kashkadarya will switch to full self-sufficiency in potatoes, fruits, poultry and eggs. In this area, 16 large projects have been formed with the participation of foreign investors.

For example, a modern garden of 300 hectares will be created in Guzar, Kamashinsky and Shakhrisabz districts. An additional 4 thousand tons of fruits will be grown here per year and 600 jobs will be created. Organic cultivation of melons and vegetables will be expanded in Kukdala, Chirakchi, Shakhrisabz, Kasansky and Nishansky districts. Production of watermelon concentrate, shock freezing and freeze-drying will be established.

Special attention is paid to the development of livestock farming in the region. 62 thousand heads of sheep and about 10 thousand heads of cattle will be imported from the countries of the region and Europe, which will be bred on the basis of cooperation with the population and livestock farms. A livestock cluster for 1 thousand heads and a poultry farm for 1 million heads will be created in Karshi and Kamashi.

In order to increase the share of finished products in the cotton industry, 5 textile enterprises worth 233 million dollars will be launched. As a result, the fabric production capacity will increase by 51 percent.

Tourism is developing dynamically around the villages of Miraki in Shakhrisabz and Maidanak in Kamashi, Achinkul and Sechankul in the Mirishkor district. It is planned to invest 300 million dollars in such facilities, create more than 200 guest houses and a thousand retail outlets. They will employ 5 thousand people.

Entrepreneurs propose to produce finished products based on 147 non-metallic deposits of the region. 209 million dollars will be invested in this, the deposits will be gradually put up for auction.

In accordance with the decree of the President, the program ‘‘From Poverty to Prosperity’’ was launched in our country on November 1 of this year. Six large enterprises of the Kashkadarya region contributed to this noble cause and came up with the initiative to lift more than 10 thousand citizens out of poverty next year. In addition, it is planned to launch 86 driver projects and 33 thousand microprojects with the participation of banks, which will provide income to another 70 thousand people. Thanks to this, the poverty level in the region will decrease from the current 8.6 to 6.5 percent.

At the meeting, the khokim of the Kashkadarya region presented his plans. In particular, next year it is planned to attract 3.5 billion dollars in investments, increase exports to 1 billion dollars, and create 300 thousand jobs.

The head of state noted that today’s indicators do not correspond to the capabilities of the region, and gave instructions to improve efficiency. The task was set to develop additional projects worth 300 million dollars in industry, agriculture and services together with the initiators.