TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 19. Chinese Donfeng will invest $10 million in expanding Uzbekistan’s agricultural infrastructure, Trend reports.
The agreement was reached during the meeting between governor of Syrdarya Ahmadjon Mahmud Aliev and the representatives of Dongfeng.
The company is implementing a project for the construction of a poultry complex and a feed production plant. At the initial stage, the plant is said to create 50 new jobs.
Meanwhile, during the 2nd Turkic Agro Business Forum in Baku, Minister of Agriculture of Uzbekistan Aziz Voitov said that Uzbekistan is interested in attracting $50 billion of foreign investment in the agricultural sector of the country.
The minister noted that the textile industry, gardening, animal husbandry, seed production, and others are important and promising sectors in the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan.