President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Angor Surkhon Gururi Сluster in Angor district and got acquainted with the progress of growing wheat and cotton.

The cluster has sown areas of more than 11 thousand hectares, 4,870 of which are sown with wheat. This year, disease-resistant wheat varieties were imported from Russia. The yield is expected to reach 80 centners per hectare.

The President got behind the wheel of a combine harvester and removed the grain in the field.

Cotton is grown in double rows on 4,656 hectares. Irrigation by California method allows saving 50 percent of water.

In a conversation with specialists, the Head of the state noted the importance of popularizing the method of growing cotton in double rows in the southern regions, which will allow getting a higher yield.

Vegetables and legumes are also grown in the cluster.

UzA