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Decree No. 14 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On additional measures to optimize land plots of farms and other agricultural enterprises, as well as efficient use of sowing areas in agriculture.”

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil
Keyword
Agricultural development Agricultural land Public land Farming Family farming Rural employment Crops/grasses Local government Contract/agreement Lease
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Abstract

This Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers, for the purpose of effective use of public land, transparency in allotment and cultivation of crops, large-scale introduction of modern and resource-saving technologies aimed and improvement of soil fertility, increase of agricultural production, improvement of financial and economic state of farms and agricultural enterprises, establishes to optimize land plots allotted to agricultural enterprises for their activities validating the requirements for optimization thereof in accordance with the Annex 4. As an experimental measure the following shall be decreed: (a) land plots for farms shall be allotted in accordance with the decision of the local government following the results of the open competition; (b) open tendering for allotment of land plots to farms should not exceed ten days with all procedures; (c) the main focus of the tender shall be availability of available funds free from obligations on the account of the legal and physical person of the applicant; availability of suitable agricultural machinery for the applicant or his family members; export oriented agricultural produce of the applicant; the number of new jobs created; and execution of the supply contracts for the last three years; and (d) district governor, without the competition, shall have the right to allot agricultural land plots in accordance with land lease agreement, on the terms of targeted use for the current year, and on the recommendation of the head of local government, if applicants and cluster enterprises directly invest $ 5,000 worth in the projects of vegetable and grain production, and horticulture. In the event that farms or other agricultural enterprises with allotted or consolidated land plots on the basis of these requirements do not fulfill their obligations stated in the business plan, the land lease agreement shall be unilaterally termination by the district governor. In the process of optimization of land plots of agricultural enterprises a long-term lease agreement with agricultural enterprises shall be terminated in the following cases: (a) infringement of the land parcel requirements set by the legislation, lease agreement and conditions of agricultural crops placement and non-targeted, effective and rational use of land plots; (b) failure to comply with the terms of lease of land plot and water use, failure to take measures to improve land reclamation, increase soil fertility, and not to provide funds for these purposes; (c) reduction of land plots to the size specified in the long-term lease agreement, unreasonable construction of buildings or other damage to irrigated areas; (d) untimely implementation of agrotechnical measures for the maintenance of agricultural crops or non-compliance with the established requirements and yields below the normative rate; (e) failure to comply with contractual agreements for the supply of agricultural products for public procurement in the past three years, ineffective or low-cost economic activities; and (f) untimely payment of taxes and other obligatory payments.

Full text
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