Besana Group signed an agreement for the production of nuts in Uzbekistan

The Besana International Project in Uzbekistan will officially start in autumn 2019 and will continue at least until 2022. Already put in place in countries where the Group has already started partnership agreements – such as Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

The project within the Uzbek Republic will cover a total area of ​​over 2,000 hectares in two different regions of the country. The land is given in concession to local farmer families, who will thus be able to grow nuts. About half of the two thousand hectares are part of the "BEK Cluster" project, launched last year in the Syrdarya region, where over 5,000 people already work. Another 1,000 hectares are located in the Namangan valley, in the province of Pap.

"The Republic of Uzbekistan - explains the President of Besana, Pino Calcagni - is experiencing a period of strong development and differentiation of its agro-industrial business. Historically linked to the production of cotton, today the local economy, supported by the political foresight of its President, feels the need to replace and integrate these crops. Many years of monoculture are likely to impoverish the land and make it more vulnerable to insects. In this context - continues Calcagni – we have agreed to support the country to develop nut cultivations, in particular hazelnuts, almonds and pistachios.”.

Besana will provide local operators with a proper "turnkey" development model, including agronomic advice, know-how, supply of plants propagated in certified Italian laboratories (therefore free from viruses) and even indications on the choice of the most suitable agricultural machines, with the possibility then of stipulating contracts of purchase of future crops.

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