Prospects of women farmers’ movement discussed in Khorezm
05/06/2015 10:33
Prospects of women farmers’ movement discussed in Khorezm
05/06/2015 10:33
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- UzLiDeP council in Khorezm region under the project “Women farmers” held the round table on “Women’s participation in the farmers’ movement: status and prospects”.
The main attention at the event was given to the issues of familiarizing women farmers with legal documents in the agricultural sector, to promote their best work experience and increasing the number of diversified farms especially in rural areas.
UzLiDeP together with partner organizations are implementing the project "Women farmers" aimed at further reforms in agriculture, improving the legal, economic, political awareness of women and the development of farmers’ movement in rural areas.
Participants of the event noted that Uzbekistan adopted a number of legal documents such as the Decree of the Head of our State “On measures to further refine the arrangement of activities and develop farming in Uzbekistan” inked 22 October 2012, laws “On farm”, “On farm households”, “On guarantees of freedom of entrepreneurship” have shaped a robust normative foundation and system of guarantees for the development of farming, economic and financial independence of farmer enterprises.
Currently, in the country 49,000 farmers and it is 62 percent have become diversified firms. They created for 19,800 hectares extensive and traditional gardens and on 13 thousand hectares new vineyards as well as they began the production of processing and other services in agriculture. For this purpose, was directed 1.490 billion soums and created more than 213,000 new workplaces primarily for rural women and college graduates.
It was also noted that in the region registered 11,217 business entities and of which 421 entrepreneurs are women as well as operating in the region 5146 farms headed by 632 women.
One of the participants of the event, head of the farm in Kushkupir district Gulbahor Khodjaeva shared with her experiences and successes. In particular, she said that farm carries out of cotton cultivation and livestock where employed 14 women. She also told that delivers high-quality meat and dairy products to population of the region.
At the event, participants received detailed answers to their questions.
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