AKIPRESS.COM - Tashkent hosted a festive event on the occasion of the Agricultural Workers Day of Uzbekistan, UzA reported.

Presidential Press Secretary Sherzod Asadov congratulated the industry workers on behalf of the head of state.

Reforms were carried out and several positive results were achieved this year within the framework of the Strategy for the Development of Agriculture of Uzbekistan for 2020-2030, Minister of Agriculture Aziz Voitov noted. In particular, Uzbekistan rose by 12 positions and took 73rd place among 113 countries in the Global Food Security Index.

"Uzbekistan ranked first among the ten countries with the highest growth rates in terms of food security in 2019-2022. New systems of financing, crediting, insurance and subsidies will be introduced in the agro-industrial complex in future. Agricultural service centers will be created in 3-4 districts of each region. The Agroplatform information system will be launched to monitor the placement of crops and allocate preferential loans. A Food Industrial Park will be created in each region", Voitov said.

It was emphasized that the Ministry of Innovative Development financed many scientific projects. In particular, scientific organizations in agriculture and environmental protection implemented 165 projects worth 226 billion 889 million soums. The implementation of 33 scientific projects worth 34.1 billion soums has been completed.