of June 17, 2019 No. UP-5742
About measures for effective use of land and water resources in agricultural industry
Today in agricultural industry more than 20 million hectares of lands, including 3,2 of one million hectares of the irrigated sowing land on which food products for needs of the population, necessary raw materials for economy industries are grown up are used.
For the purpose of increase in fertility of the irrigated areas, improvements of meliorative condition and water supply within state programs are performed large-scale irrigational and meliorative actions.
As a result, for 2008 - 2017 improvement of water supply of more 1,7 of one million hectares of the irrigated areas and meliorative condition of 2,5 of one million hectares of lands is reached.
However periodic lacks of water observable in recent years as a result of global climate change, the main part of internal irrigational networks which came to unsuitable state brought to deterioration in meliorative condition of the irrigated sowing lands and their removal from turnover.
For the purpose of step-by-step repeated introduction in use of the lands which were disposed in the republic for many years from turnover as a result of deterioration in their meliorative and irrigational condition, reduction of loss of water by effective use of underground water resources, implementation of water saving technologies and reconstruction of internal irrigational networks, and also involvement of potential investors:
The concept on effective use of land and water resources in agricultural industry (further - the Concept) according to appendix No. 1;
"Road map" of implementation of the Concept on effective use of land and water resources in agricultural industry according to appendix No. 2;
forecast indicators of the held events for increase in efficiency of use of farmlands in 2020 - 2030 according to appendix No. 3.
2. Approve the Working group on cooperation with the international financial institutions and implementation of public-private partnership within implementation of the Concept on effective use of land and water resources in agricultural industry (further - the Working group) in structure according to appendix No. 5.
Charge to the Working group (Kuchkarov D. A., Vakhabov A. Zh., Hodzhayev Zh. A.):
organize implementation of the Concept in Papal and Mingbulaksky districts of the Namangan region with involvement of the international financial institutions according to the procedure of experiment in 2019;
implement till November 1, 2019 experience of implementation of the Concept in other regions on the basis of results of experiment, including develop and introduce to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan the draft of the government decision providing specific conditions of public-private partnership in areas to the earth - and water use, additional benefits, separate preferential credit lines, and also procedure for use of the lands entered into use and waters.
Grant to the Working group the right, if necessary, to make changes to the terms and regions established in appendices No. No. 2 - 4 to this Decree, and also amendment in them.
3. Determine that within implementation of the Concept for introduction in use by recovery and reconstruction of irrigational and meliorative networks, implementations of water saving technologies, and also crops of drought-resistant cultures on the basis of the investment agreement or public-private partnership for up to 50 years are provided:
the irrigated lands, and also bogharic lands which left agricultural turnover and the earth of forest fund - to citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan and agricultural enterprises;
pastures, deposits, long-term plantings and other lands - to citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan, agricultural enterprises, and also the investors who are residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
4. In case of introduction in use of land within implementation of the Concept:
land users are granted the right of independent placement of crops, crops of cultures without processing of the earth and transfer of lands to the sublease;
this land is not subject to optimization, withdrawal of the parcel of land or its part for the state and social needs is allowed with the consent of the land user after full recovery of market value of the spent means and losses caused to owners in connection with such withdrawal;
placement on this land of the constructed infrastructure facilities is allowed (field camps, storages of products, irrigation networks and others);
the raw materials which are not made in the republic, materials, the equipment, the equipment and spare parts imported for needs of land users according to the procedure, established by the Cabinet of Ministers are exempted from customs payment (except for the value added tax);
in the cases provided by the investment contract or agreement on public-private partnership 50 percent of the expenses connected with introduction in use of each hectare of lands of agricultural purpose at the expense of means of the Government budget of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the part which is not exceeding the 50-fold size of basic settlement size are refunded;
land is allocated according to the procedure, established by the legislation, after signing of the investment contract or agreement on public-private partnership.
5. Establish procedure according to which:
the irrigated farmlands undertake under special protection, allocation of these lands for the nonagricultural purposes, including for construction of industrial and civil facilities (buildings and constructions), and also greenhouses in which the new methods of advanced technologies (hydroponics and others) which are not requiring rich soils are applied is not allowed
;compensation payments for the irrigated lands withdrawn for use in the nonagricultural purposes are calculated in 10-fold size of the means required for development of similar new lands, without application of the coefficients considering the location of the withdrawn land and also in 20-fold size of the expenses connected with radical improvement of condition of the bogharic and not irrigated lands occupied with long-term plantings, haymakings and pastures.
At the same time 90 percent of compensation payments for irrigated lands and 95 percent of compensation payments for the bogharic, and also not irrigated lands occupied with long-term plantings, haymakings and pastures are transferred into the republican budget, and respectively 10 and 5 percent - into Fund of development of agricultural industry and food supply under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan and city of Tashkent.
This regulation is applied also in case of calculation of damage caused as a result of the unauthorized actions which entailed removal of lands from agricultural turnover, at the same time 95 percent of the collected funds are allocated in the republican budget, 5 percent - in Fund of development of Inspectorate for control of agro-industrial complex under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial inspections;
allocation of the earth at the expense of irrigated lands for the organization of gardening, wine growing and other long-term plantings, and also creation of greenhouses of light design is performed based on the conclusion of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
new farms and associations of water consumers are created with condition of obligatory equipment by controls and accounting of water in places of water use;
introduction in use of land is performed with use of water saving technologies (systems of drop, dozhdevalny irrigation, subsoil drop irrigation and others).
6. To the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
a) in addition to allocate funds in the amount of 5 percent allocated from the Government budget for construction and reconstruction of objects of melioration within the Investing program for 2019 - 2029 required for construction and reconstruction of irrigational and meliorative objects in case of introduction in use of the lands which are not used in agricultural industry, specified in appendix No. 3 to this Decree;
b) allocate funds from the Government budget for financing of works on identification of the underground water inventories suitable for irrigation of the crops provided by the Development program and reproduction of mineral resources on the basis of calculations of the State committee on geology and mineral resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
c) together with the Ministry of water economy and the Ministry of Agriculture in two-month time:
bring procedure for cost recovery in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, connected with construction and reconstruction of irrigational and meliorative objects in case of introduction in use of the lands which are not used in agricultural industry;
make in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan offers on implementation of the differentiated tax benefits providing mechanisms of stimulation of land owners during the preserving and increase in soil fertility;
in a month to develop standard forms of agreements on public-private partnership in the field of land use, in view of the best international practices.
7. To the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
a) together with the State committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on land resources, geodesy, cartography and the state inventory till October 1, 2019 to introduce to the Cabinet of Ministers the bill on modification of legal acts providing transfer to the sublease of land of agricultural purpose;
b) provide carrying out scientific research on increase in fertility of soils of the irrigated and bogharic lands, the mountain and foothill, and also desert and pasturable territories, effective use of water and other natural resources;
the organization and implementation of scientific research for creation of new high-yielding crops, their primary seed farming for achievement of stability in providing the country with food on the basis of modern methods;
c) form as a part of the ministry responsible management with allocation of 4 additional established posts for the purpose of ensuring complete and timely execution of the tasks provided in the Decree.
8. To Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and khokimiyats of areas since January 1, 2020:
together with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of water economy, the State committee on land resources, geodesy, cartography and the state inventory, the State committee on geology and mineral resources annually till November 1 to create and submit for approval in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan the address list of land which is again recovered and entered into use next year from among the areas approved by appendix No. 3 to this Decree;
make offers on transfer of all acreage in areas in which the low-profitable areas of cotton and grain constitute more than 50 percent of total area, to the investors who are residents of the Republic of Uzbekistan, organizing complete conversion of cotton and grain with condition of construction and reconstruction of irrigational and meliorative networks;
apply the privileges provided in item 4 of this Decree, to investors formed in these areas in the direction of cotton growing and grain-growing.
9. To the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan to form the relevant structure in subordination of the Government providing the state control of target and effective use of agricultural holdings and their protection in a month.
10. Recommend to chambers of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan:
establish parliamentary and public control over timely and effective fulfillment of the Concept and "Road map" on its realization;
to annually hear
at meetings of the Senate, Legislative house and, respectively, the Jokargi Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan and regional Kengasha People's Deputies information on the done work of the ministries and departments, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, hokim of areas.11. Confer responsibility on:
adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan concerning development of agrarian and food spheres Vakhabov A. D. - for carrying out monitoring and acceptance of necessary measures for timely and effective fulfillment of the forecast indicators specified in appendices No. No. 3 and 4 to this Decree, the Concept and "Road map";
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