There is a special strategy for the protection of pastures

    Agriculture 15 March 2024 2427

    Resolution No. 126 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated 03/12/2024 "On measures to protect pastures and groundwater, as well as to combat pasture degradation" was adopted.

    The document initiates the development of a Strategy for the protection of pastures and groundwater. The relevant program and the composition of the working group have been approved for this purpose.

    Directions of the program:

    • improving the organizational and methodological foundations for the effective use of pastures;
    • implementation of the Strategy for the Protection of pastures and Groundwater;
    • implementation of a sustainable pasture management system;
    • protection of groundwater and its rational use.

    Also, in 2024-2028, an inventory will be carried out and electronic maps of more than 21 million hectares of pasture and hay fields will be developed.

    The document was published in the National Database of Legislation and entered into force on 03/14/2024, Norma reports.