Smart Agriculture Center opens in Uzbekistan with Korean grant support

An official opening ceremony was held for the Smart Agriculture Industrial Technology Innovation Center, established with a grant from the government of the Republic of Korea on the premises of the National Center for Knowledge and Innovation in Agriculture.

The project was carried out in accordance with a resolution issued by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on July 14, 2022. The resolution provided for securing $14 million in grant funding from the government of the Republic of Korea between 2022 and 2026 to establish the innovation center.

The opening ceremony was attended by agricultural researchers, industry specialists, partners from the Republic of Korea, and media representatives.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture Alisher Shukurov, who opened the ceremony, highlighted the center’s significance. According to him, the center will play an important role in developing smart agriculture in Uzbekistan, adapting foreign technologies to local conditions, and introducing them into practice. It will also create extensive opportunities for conducting scientific research, developing innovations, and applying modern agricultural technologies in production.

The project was implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of the Republic of Korea, the Korea Association of Machinery Industry, the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology, the CAMTIC Advanced Mechatronics Technology Institute, and Agro Solution Korea.

Sanjar Toshpulatov, UzA