Ministerial Decree No. 96 on increase of sericulture production. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Regulation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants Keyword Apiculture/sericulture Agricultural land Planting material/seeds Plant production 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 The purpose of this Ministerial Decree is to increase fodder supplies to sericulture with a view of increasing sericulture production and, in particular, output of cocoons of mulberry silkworm. It establishes that agricultural land of sericulture farms that make part of the association “Uzbek ipagy” shall be used mostly for the production of seeds and planting material of mulberry trees in order to use it as feedstuffs for sericulture. In order to prevent introduction of infected and poor quality grains of mulberry silkworm import thereof shall be authorized only after certification by scientific research institution subordinated to the association “Uzbek ipagy”. Full text Russian Website pravo.uz