Presidential Decree No. UP-5134 “On measures to radically improve activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources”. Country/Territory Uzbekistan Document type Legislation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Water Keyword Institution Policy/planning Drainage/land reclamation Freshwater resources management Waterworks 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 Entry into force notes This Presidential Decree enters into force on the date of signature. Abstract The President, in order to ensure integrated modernization and sustainable development of agriculture, the introduction of the organizational structure of managing agricultural production in accordance with modern requirements, and the radical improvement of the activities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan, decrees to assign the following tasks to the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources: (a) implementation of the unified agrotechnical and water management policy through introduction of the advanced resource- and water-saving technologies; (b) development of integrated targeted, sectoral and territorial programs, aimed at ensuring a dynamic and balanced development of rural economy, food security of the country, increasing employment and income of the rural population, maintaining a stable level of prices for food products on the domestic market; and (c) improvement of water management principles and systems, ensuring their careful and rational use, improvement of land reclamation state of irrigated lands, reconstruction and modernization of waterworks. Full text Russian Website www.lex.uz