Under Uzbekistan Presidential Decree No. PP-393, “On measures to further accelerate reforms in the Republic of Karakalpakstan,” the region will introduce measures to develop agriculture and preserve cultural heritage.
A separate programme of events will be drawn up within a month to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Berdakh Gargabay uly, described in the decree as a great son of the Karakalpak people, poet and thinker.
In Beruniy District, the category of selected land plots for fish-farming projects will be changed by a decision of the Government Commission to allow the creation of artificial reservoirs.
In Kegeyli District, the State Target Fund for Poverty Reduction will cover the costs of connecting gas to a greenhouse, installing a transformer and solar panels, maintaining a 50-sotka vineyard on its grounds, raising 500 ducks and purchasing refrigeration equipment.
An additional 1.2 billion soums in leasing will be allocated from the Fund for Dehkan Farms and Owners of Household Plots for a project to grow organic tomatoes.
A company called Uzbek-Melons will be established to grow melons on 10,000 hectares and will receive 10 billion soums. It will also be provided with an unused technical school or college building at no purchase cost.
