Smart farming in Uzbekistan going full speed, FAO talks details (Exclusive)
Date
2/19/2022 12:13:00 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.19
By Natavan Rzayeva - Trend:
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) disclosed the current measures taken within the 'Smart
Farming for the Future Generation' project, Communications Officer
of FAO Victoria Kalinin told Trend .
'The project team has set up a field office in Fergana
(Uzbekistan) to provide daily-based field visits, close
supervision, and guidance for the beneficiaries. The modernization
and optimization of the beneficiaries' greenhouses are currently
underway, and its completion is expected before the planting
season. The training for the beneficiaries is delivered in project
regions inviting 75 participants', she said.
According to her, the Lead Technical Officer (LTO) of the
project, Mr. Melvin Medina Navarro delivered a training course in
ten modules to project stakeholders on introduction to protected
cultivation, sanitary and restrictive measures, water management
and plant nutrition, soil management, and integrated pest and
disease management.
'As the following step, the project team conducted the initial
assessment on the current status of agriculture under the protected
cultivation systems in the project target region. Based on the
selection criteria developed by the project team, 20 low-income
households that own greenhouses from 15 districts that will be used
as demonstration plots were selected', communication officer
said.
The 'Smart Farming for the Future Generation' project was
launched by FAO and Uzbekistan's Ministry of Agricultural with the
financial support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs of the Republic of Korea on May 19, 2021.
The project aims to enhance the national capacities on
greenhouse production, post-harvest management, and marketing of
vegetables, increasing yield as well as incomes through smarter
technologies and improving current agricultural practices
demonstrating and validating adapted protected cultivation systems
and be able to produce nutritious crops increasing availability and
quality.
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