President of our country Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the fields of the «Vangozi agro» farming unit in Qiziltepa district, where he acquainted with prospective projects in the agricultural sphere, including in construction of an animal breeding complex and a dairy plant. 

A particular attention in our country is paid to the issues of increasing animal breeding products, supplying the consumer markets with affordable and quality products, creating new jobs. The mentioned complex for 18 billion soums will become one of the large projects in this area. 

The Complex will span across 510 ha land, with a capacity of breeding one thousand cattle and one thousand goats and produce 3650 tons of milk and 150 tons of meat annually. The complex, which will be fully commissioned in 2018, will process 6 thousand tons of milk per year. 

This year 5 projects on animal farming will be implemented in Navbahor, Qiziltepa and Nurota districts with loans from the People's Bank of Uzbekistan. As a result, the volume of processed milk in the region will increase by 7,7 thousand tons and of meat by 480 tons. Additional 173 jobs will be created. 

The Head of State underlined the necessity to talk to the population on effective use of household plots, to increase their income through encouraging them to breed poultry, growing lemon trees and unabi in greenhouses. If the population will have an impetus to use their household plot and to earn income, their welfare will increase. If people are rich, then the state will also be rich. 

Over one thousand tons of fish will be raised annually based on the Vietname technology in Tudakul reservoir, because of which fish production in the region will reach 8,5 thousand tons per year. 

«Akva Tudakul» LLC JV plans to organize a workshop on incubating fish fry, a freezing warehouse with a capacity of 250 tons, a shop for processing one thousand tons of fish, producing 400 tons of fish fillets and 350 tons of semi-finished products. Thanks to a loan from the "Ipoteka Bank", new water reservoirs will be created; foreign special equipment and pumps will be purchased to improve water supply. 

The total cost of the project is 18.7 billion soums, including 13.3 billion soums through bank loans and 5.4 billion soums, coming from the company's own funds. The implementation of this project will provide consumers with quality fish products, create about 90 jobs. 

The Head of state was provided with information on the ongoing work on the development of fish farming in the Aydar-Arnasay lake system. The resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan has been adopted to regulate the use of these reservoirs, limit illegal fishing, create hatcheries, bring the volume of harvested fish to 20,000 tons over the next three years. According to the document, 14 zones for growing fish in natural conditions have been identified in all regions of our country. Breeding and protection of fish will be organized in these zones. 

The President of our country gave the responsible officials relevant assignments on forming special detachments from the employees of the prosecutor's office and internal affairs departments of Jizzakh, Navoi, Syrdarya and Tashkent regions, to suppress poaching activities on the lakes. The need to organize exports of harvested products were underscored. 

In 2017-2018 new vineyards and areas for seedlings on 835 hectares are planned in Khatirchi, Nurota and Qiziltepa districts. 

At present, the area of vineyards in the region reaches 6.5 thousand hectares, 4.2 thousand hectares are used for farming needs. 65% of vineyards are used for cultivation of kishmish variety, 30% for table varieties, the rest is allocated to grow industrial varieties. This year, it is planned to create vineyards on 416 hectares, on 419 hectares in 2018 in the above-mentioned districts. 

This year, prospective projects in harvesting and processing fruit and vegetable products will be implemented in the region through the creation of new intensive gardens, greenhouses and freezing warehouses. 101 projects through loans from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank will be implemented and about 1,300 people will be employed. 

Jumagul Fayzullayeva, a resident of "Malikobod" mahalla, proudly noted that the ongoing reforms serve the interests of a person, the transformations taking place in our country strengthen the people's confidence in the future. 

The happiness of a person, his confidence in the future depends on the well-being of the family, the President said. The goal of our reforms is to create all opportunities for a happy life for our children.