Uzbekistan’s 2026 onion harvest will exceed domestic needs by 35%, but the Ministry of Agriculture says transport costs and middlemen taking margins of up to 52.5% are driving retail prices in Surkhandarya to 4,000–4,500 soums per kilogram.
The Green Climate Fund has approved a €264.4 million trilateral programme that directs €103.7 million to Uzbekistan for forest and pasture restoration, climate-smart farming and expanded rural finance, targeting 342,000 residents and 164,000 hectares of land.
Two deputy chiefs of Buston district in Andijan region have been convicted of bribery after demanding one million soums per hectare from fruit and vegetable farmers, threatening land seizure if they refused. The verdict, handed down in February 2026, survived both appeal and cassation review.
