BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 23
Trend:
The new procedure for organizing and functioning of cooperatives is being introduced in Uzbekistan in accordance with the decree "On measures to organize the activity of cooperatives in the cultivation and processing of raw cotton, Trend reports referring to www.uzdaily.uz.
The Ministry of Agriculture, together with the State Asset Management Agency, ensures the transfer of vacant land not used in the production activity of ginning enterprises to the reserve of local state authorities.
The Council of Ministers of Karakalpakstan, heads of regions and districts are taking the measures to provide cooperatives and cotton-growing farms with seeds, mineral fertilizers, fuels and lubricants, other material and technical resources.
The cooperatives introduce effective production for the reception, selection, storage, processing of cotton and export of finished products.
The privileges set upon the relevant decisions of the government in relation to cotton-textile industries and clusters also refer to the cooperatives.
Cotton ginning enterprises of regions without cotton-textile facilities and clusters join cooperatives on a voluntary basis.
The services for the reception, storage and processing of cotton (by grinding) grown by members of cooperatives are rendered by ginning enterprises.