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Analysis and results: 
It is known that scientific and production integration is the main 
factor in the development of economic entities, in particular cotton and textile clusters in a 
market economy. If in our republic the clustering of industry, including the cotton industry, is 
a relatively new practice, then in developed countries there is sufficient experience in the 
evolution of industrial clusters.
 
The data show that, until today, industrial clusters have been developed in many sectors 
of the economy in almost all states, regardless of their level of economic development. In 
developed countries (EU, USA) they have become a natural step in the evolution of industrial 
production methods and in developing countries (China, India, Argentina) clusters are the 
main way to achieve world-class in the formation of various sectors of the economy and 
access to international markets. According to the European Cluster Observatory [15], in 2020 
in 28 countries of Western and Eastern Europe there were 2301 clusters in various sectors of 
the economy, with a total of 42 million employees. At the same time, 11.5% of them work in 
the agro-industrial complex, employing 4.5 million people.

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Currently, intensive work is underway to create scientific centers at the cotton and 
textile clusters of the republic. With 21 clusters, these centers will be engaged in the 
introduction of innovations and scientific and technological achievements in cotton growing, 
which is determined by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers dated June 22, 2020 No. 397 
“On measures to further improve cotton and textile production” [16].
According to the Decree, the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of 
Uzbekistan, the Uztokimachiliksanoat Association, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of 
Karakalpakstan and the khokimiyats on the gradual creation of scientific centers for the 
introduction of innovations, scientific achievements and innovations was approved. 
Today, these scientific centers, in cooperation with higher educational and scientific 
institutions, conduct research and development work aimed at solving urgent problems in the 
development of cotton growing, the cultivation of world-class raw cotton, the introduction of 
innovative technologies for the rational use of resources and the increase in production. In 
addition, the Decree approved a list of clusters under which scientific centers will be 
organized by 2023 in the context of the regions of the republic.