Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- In 2022, consistent measures were taken to reform agriculture and introduce market mechanisms into the industry.

In particular, a system for the distribution of agricultural land was put into effect through an open electronic competition held on the E-auksion electronic platform, in which all types of agricultural producers can participate.

In addition, 100 thousand hectares were leased to the population through an open electronic competition to increase the income of the population by supporting the creation of dekhkan farms in 2022, 96.6 thousand hectares in 2023, in a total area of 196.6 thousand arable land in use farms and clusters cut from cotton and grain, and land close to human settlements and with good water supply.

Over the past 2022, the regional authorities reserved 102.6 thousand hectares (103% compared to the plan) of land plots, of which 95.5 thousand hectares were allocated to 428.7 thousand citizens through open electronic competitions.

At the moment, another 33.3 thousand hectares (93.7 thousand lots) are on the trading floor.

109.9 thousand socially unprotected segments of the population, that is, those listed in notebooks and those who returned from abroad, were allocated 26.7 thousand hectares (28% to the winners of the competition) of land plots through a competition.

93.3 thousand hectares of land or 420.4 thousand citizens, who were determined as winners, are registered as peasant farms.

Peasant farms sown agricultural crops on 95.5 thousand hectares (100%) of land, including 18.8 thousand hectares of vegetables, 10.6 thousand hectares of potatoes, 10.8 thousand hectares of melons, 7.4 thousand hectares of oilseeds, 14.5 thousand hectares of legumes and 33.5 thousand hectares of other crops.

Due to this, an additional 1.5 million tons of food was grown and more than 1,200,000 citizens were employed (permanently and seasonally), creating a source of income.