Uzbekistan produces agriculture products for 36.957 trln. soums in 2014

Share of dehkan farms in total production of agriculture production made up 65.1% in 2014 (64% in 2013), farm entities – 32.9% (34%) and agriculture enterprises – 2% (2%), the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said.

Plant-growing

In January-December 2014, the share of crop production in the total agricultural output was 59% (59.8% in 2013).

Total sown area of agricultural crops for the yield in farms of all types was 3.678 million hectares.

The areas under grains were 1.655 million hectares (+0.8% compared to 2013), including wheat – 1.455 million hectares (0.2%). The areas, allocated to cotton production, were 1.301 million hectares, which fell by 0.6% compared to 2013.

The areas under forage rose by 3.4%, potatoes – 2.6%, melons and gourds – 1.8%, and vegetables – 1.4% in 2014.

In January-December 2014, all categories of farms milled 8.05 million tonnes of grain in original weight.

Uzbekistan produced 2.452 million tonnes of potatoes, 9.287 million tonnes of vegetables, 1.696 million tonnes of melons and gourds, 2.491 million tonnes of fruits and berries, 1.441 million tonnes of grapes in 2014.

Animal husbandry

In January-December 2014, the share of animal production in the total agricultural output was 41% (40.2% in 2013).

Compared to 1 January 2014, number of cattle rose by 387,600 heads (+3.7%), including cows – by 64,300 heads (+1.6%), sheep and coats – by 727,200 heads (+4.1%), poultry – by 3.858 million (+7.4%) in all category of farms.

In the total stock, the share of cattle in dekhkan farms was 93.9%, in private farms – 5%, cows – 94.5% and 4.6%, sheep and goats – 83.8% and 7.2%, horses – 84.6% and 9.7%, poultry – 63.4% and 12.3% respectively.

In January-December 2014, farms of all types produced 1.906 million tonnes of meat in living weight (6.7% more than in January-December 2013), 8.433 million tonnes of milk (+7%), 4.95 billion eggs (+13%), 34,400 tonnes of wool (+6.2%).