Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Presidential Resolution “On additional measures to combat the degradation of agricultural land, support for increasing the humus content in the soil and its fertility” was adopted.

In accordance with the Resolution, in 2024-2025, as an experiment, land users (including clusters) will be allocated subsidies in the amount of one million soums per hectare for agrotechnical measures to increase soil fertility and productivity, including humus content in cotton areas.

Wherein:
- the allocation of subsidies is carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture through the “Information System of Agricultural Subsidies”;

in 2024, 70 percent of the initially calculated subsidy is allocated to measures to improve soil fertility and yields in cotton areas;

- the remaining 30 percent of the subsidy is allocated in 2025 based on the conclusion of the Cotton Council on an increase in yield by an average of 10 percent relative to the previous season.

Also, the state unitary enterprise “Analytical Center for Soil Quality, Composition and Repository” will be transferred to the Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemical Research.