Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Today, poultry farming produces 690 thousand tons of meat and 8.7 billion eggs annually. Prices for these products have increased significantly in recent months. The problem with feed does not allow to reduce the cost of food.

Therefore, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev ordered the organization of eight large granaries.

Another important issue: in our country we do not have a pure line of first-order poultry parent flock, as a result of which we have to import 3 million chickens. Obtaining such a line will allow increasing production by 3 times and reducing the cost of chicken by 10 percent. Most importantly, it will be possible to export $50 million worth of hatching eggs and chicks per year. In this regard, the task has been set to reach an appropriate agreement with US companies.

The president also gave instructions on the creation of livestock clusters in 25 districts and state support for enterprises producing and processing milk.