Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture assesses crop losses after severe cold spell In Uzbekistan, the Ministry of Agriculture is conducting agricultural assessments to determine horticultural crop losses after almost a week of frost in late February. The Ministry of Agriculture is carrying out full monitoring of all orchards, vineyards and other farmland in all regions and the Republic of Karakalpakstan in the first days of March. Fakhriddin Kirgizboyev, the head of the Department for the Development of Horticulture, Viticulture, Melons and Potato Growing in the Ministry of Agriculture: “Now, ...