Presidential Decree No. PP-4567 “On additional measures for the development of feed base of mulberry silkworms in silk industry.”

The President, in order to expand mulberry plantations, stimulation of the use of water saving technologies in mulberry production and efficient conduct of agrotechnical arrangements and increase of feed base of mulberry silkworms and increase of the amount of export of silk industry, validates the list of agricultural land plots withdrawn from agricultural production and subject to transfer in accordance with long-term lease contract to mulberry production enterprises for planting new mulberry plantations (Annex 1) and target indicators for mulberry silkworm production for the period 2020-2025 (Annex 3). The President establishes the procedure according to which starting from February 1, 2020 subsidies for the creation of new intensive mulberry plantations are provided at the expense of the State budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the purpose of state support of: (a) cover part of expenses on introduction of drip irrigation system on mulberry plantations to organizations of silk and mulberry farming in the amount of up to 8 million soums for each hectare of newly created mulberry plantations with introduction of drip irrigation system; and (b) construction of a drilling well for water withdrawal at over 35 hectares of mulberry plantations, as well as a pumping station for pumping water out of rivers, canals and other waterbodies at a rate of up to 120 million soums.