Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A Presidential Resolution "On additional measures for the effective use of pastures available in the republic, support for the processing of silk and wool" was adopted.

According to the Resolution, from 1 January 2022 to 1 January 2025:

Subsidies are allocated from the republican budget to cocoon producers in the amount of 5 thousand soums per 1 kg of annually grown silkworm cocoon (raw silkworm);

The tax rate for the use of water resources is applied to the volume of water used to irrigate mulberry trees at a rate of 50 percent.

Also, funds allocated within the framework of state programs for the development of family entrepreneurship will be used to purchase wool sheep, as well as equipment for hand spinning of wool, silk weaving, carpet weaving and felt weaving.

According to the regions, the following regions will specialize in the breeding of small ruminants of the wool direction:

Guzar and Dehkanabad districts of Kashkadarya region;

Koshrabat district of Samarkand region;

Kumkurgan and Baysun districts of Surkhandarya region.

Also, for the further development of karakul breeding, 200 billion soums will be allocated.

At the first stage, of these funds, 50 billion soums will be used to allocate loans for the implementation of projects by entrepreneurs of regions specializing in the cultivation of small cattle of a wool direction.

At the second stage - until 1 April 2022, the funds of the Fund for Reconstruction and Development, in the equivalent of US$50 million, will be used to provide loans through commercial banks.

In addition, the Committee for the Development of Sericulture and Karakul Breeding was renamed into the Committee for the Development of Sericulture and Wool Industry, and the Republican Association "Qorakulchilik" was renamed into the Association for the Development of Pasture Farms.