Uzbekistan adopts measures to introduce trickle irrigation systems
02/07/2013 12:45
Uzbekistan adopts measures to introduce trickle irrigation systems
02/07/2013 12:45
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Government of Uzbekistan issued a resolution “On measures on effective organization of introducing and financing of the systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies” on 21 June 2013.
The resolution approved a regulation, regulating introducing and financing of the system of the systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies. The document also approved regulation of order on issuing of loans by commercial banks to producers of agriculture products to introduce systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies in 2013-2014 due to credit line of the Fund for irrigated land reclamation under the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan.
According to the resolution, the systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies should be introduced at:
- irrigated lands with annual water shortage in the growing season, as well as the lands, which require to lift water with use of machines with high cost;
- lands, allocated to gardens, vineyards, produce melons and other high profitable crops, lands with steep slopes prone to irrigation erosion;
- flat land areas with lightweight non-saline and subject to salinity soils.
The document said that construction of the trickle irrigation systems due to the resources of Fund for irrigated land reclamation will be carried out on turn-key bases by the state unitary enterprises, which specializes in land reclamation and other water-related works.
The resolution said that agriculture goods producers, which introduce systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies, were provided right to use saved water to produce other crops at fields, used for growing grain.
Specialized organization, specialized on production of spare parts for systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies, included to the State programme, will receive annual quotas for purchase of polyethylene granules on declared prices, the document said.
Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management of Uzbekistan was entrusted to carry out control over targeted use of polyethylene granules by the specialized enterprises.
The Government entrusted Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan and Uzbekneftegaz to provide polyethylene granules to the specialized organizations for production of systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies.
The government also recommended commercial banks to issue loans to projects, included to the state programme on introduction of systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies, at the interest rate, which does not exceed refinancing rate of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan (now 12% APR).
The resolution said that the loans to agriculture producers to introduction of the systems of trickle irrigation and water saving sprinkling technologies due to resources of the Fund for irrigated land reclamation under the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan should not exceed 1,000 size of minimal wage, set in Uzbekistan. The loans issued for three years with six month grace period under preferential interest rate. The preferential interest rate on these loans is set at 6% APR and margin of the banks – 3%.
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