Proposals on pasture use discussed

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev listened to the presentation of proposals on protection and effective use of pasture lands.

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov gave a corresponding order at a meeting on agriculture on January 23 this year.

There are more than 21 million hectares of pastures in our country, which are an important resource for many industries such as cattle breeding, silkworm breeding and beekeeping. But the current order of their use restricts the development of entrepreneurship and cultivation of products on pasture land.

In this connection, it is proposed to develop a draft law "On Pastures" in a new version and the procedure for leasing pasture land plots.

It is known that pasture land is favourable for the cultivation of the Red Book ferula. At present, the natural habitat and reproduction of this plant is being harmed. While the area of natural ferula was 33,000 hectares in 2019, it has almost halved by 2021.

In this regard, it is proposed to increase the fine for damage caused to each ferula bush, to impose a moratorium on the use of ferula tajik for a period of 3 years.

The Head of State approved these measures and gave further instructions on the effective implementation of the plans presented.