World Bank Document

 
The World Bank 
Agriculture Modernization Project (P158372) 
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re-orient themselves to their revised goals and targets and institutional strategies to achieve them. These assessments 
and plans will underpin the support to be provide under this project to these institutions.
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Main elements of support under this sub-component will be the financing for: (i) human resource development
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including training on climate mitigation and adaptation approaches, workshops, seminars, conferences and study tours; 
(ii) construction (of new), rehabilitation/renovation (of existing), and refurbishment (of new and existing) infrastructure
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for administration and research, including laboratories, offices, storage facilities, green and glass houses, lath houses, 
gene bank, and horticulture innovations center; (iii) upgrade of irrigation infrastructure/facilities on research farms that 
would reduce energy use; (iv) establishment and/or upgrading of information and communications technology (ICT) 
infrastructure; (v) establishment and/or strengthening of demonstration plots and demonstration orchards; (vi) 
procurement of laboratory equipment, reagents, field equipment, farm machineries, and vehicles that would be energy 
efficient; and (vii) procurement (acquisition) of germplasm.
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AMP would support the following institutions and investments:
a. Mirzayev Research Institute of Horticulture, Viniculture, and Winemaking: This is the largest agricultural 
research institute under MOA and one of the most important for Uzbekistan’s horticulture. It has been 
performing much below the sector’s needs, especially in supplying high-quality seedlings for fruits and 
grapes. Main tasks of the institute include: (i) selection and breeding of different varieties of fruits and 
grapes, and preparing promising varieties for registration; (ii) production of seedlings of improved and 
registered varieties; (iii) applied research in IPM and other climate-smart agricultural practices; (iv) 
development of organic production practices; and (v) identification, selection, and testing of technologies 
for storage, processing, and standardization. In addition to the headquarters office (HQ) in close proximity 
to Tashkent, the institute includes twelve (12) regional research stations, two experimental wineries, and 
the country’s school of gardeners. AMP plans investments to renew/upgrade the institute’s HQ, regional 
research stations, experimental wineries, and the republic’s school of gardeners, including through: (i) 
construction (of new), rehabilitation/renovation (of existing), and refurbishment (of both new and existing) 
office and laboratory buildings; (ii) strengthening laboratories for breeding and genetic testing, agrochemical 
(soil, chemical, biological) analyses, micro viniculture and viticulture testing; (iii) equipment for determining 
pesticide residue, nitrates, and other chemicals; (iv) in-vitro laboratories and greenhouses acclimatization; 
(v) fumigation chambers; (vi) agricultural machinery and equipment for research fields and demo plots/farm 
schools; (vii) establishment of nurseries for seedling production; and (viii) office and ICT equipment. 
b. Research Institute of Vegetables, Melons, and Potatoes: Main tasks of the institute include: (i) development 
of high-yielding, heat-resistant and transportable varieties and hybrids of vegetable, melons, and potatoes 
with good taste, commercial, processing qualities and resistant to diseases and unfavorable ecological 
conditions; (ii) production of primary varieties; (iii) testing and development of water and resource-saving 
vegetable-melon-potato cultivation technologies; and (iv) research on protecting from pests and diseases in 
open and protected grounds, and improvement of greenhouse vegetables production technology. In 
addition to the HQ in Tashkent, the institute has five (5) research stations in Andijan, Kashkadarya, Khorezm, 
Samarkand, and Surkhandarya regions and seven (7) scientific laboratories. AMP would finance: (i) 
construction of new and rehabilitation/renovation of existing office and laboratory buildings; (ii) phytotron 
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All activities related to human resource development and capacity building will include topics on understanding climate change better and 
frameworks, tools and techniques to facilitate designing and implementing climate adaptation and mitigation approaches.
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Investments in climate proof and energy efficient infrastructure will be pursued. 

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