Uzbekistan to help households with chickens and lemons

Posted by: admin , February 10, 2017

The Uzbekistan Government has proposed to help nearly 2 million households to feed themselves and earn money by providing them with chickens and lemon trees.
According to draft decree documentation, households will be provided with poultry or seedlings, so that they can sell eggs/lemons back to the Government for export.
Uzbekistan’s exports are booming thanks to demand from neighbouring countries such as Russia.
It’s believed that this will help generate employment, given that nearly two thirds of the country’s population of 32 million live in rural areas.
It’s reported that the Government plans to give 100 chickens to 850,000 households, and help 1.07 million households to build greenhouses for 4.2 million lemon trees.