President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Measures to further step up introduction of water-saving technologies in agriculture Decree, the Ministry of Justice reports.
According to the Decree, the rate of implementation of drip and sprinkler irrigation systems, as well as a discrete irrigation method with leveling the ground using laser equipment will be increased fivefold.
Based on this, , water-saving technologies will be introduced on 430 thousand hectares of land in 2021, Of these, by leveling with laser equipment on the irrigated 200 thousand hectares.
From 2021, the state will provide subsidies to agricultural producers to cover part of the costs of introducing water-saving technologies in the cultivation of agricultural products.
Agricultural producers who purchase automated land-planning units with a laser installation produced by local producers shall be compensated 30 percent of their cost from the State budget.
Subsidies are allocated with the condition that the introduced water-saving technologies are applied for at least 5 years.
Until December 1, 2021, an electronic information system will be launched, which will keep track of the consumption of electrical energy and the volume of discharged water in the republic at the operating 1,688 pumping stations of the Ministry of Water Resources.
