The World Bank project aims to pump up the liquidity and market price of Uzbek cotton on the international market by subjecting cotton fiber to mandatory certification. This branch of the project will create a central school of classification and marketing, and a computer information network to process data from classifying laboratories. Another part of the project will concentrate on developing new technology to stimulate and increase the cost effectiveness of integrated crop protection. This will include reviving programs to breed bugs that control other bugs. Another goal of the project is to optimize the cultivation and effective use of irrigation water.
Experts envision the creation and use of automated systems of water management.
The water supply program has already been tested on eight farms in the Tashkent area on 18,000 ha of land. Experts are now expanding the trial area to 200,000-300,000 ha. The government will eventually introduce charges for irrigation water. Lastly, a section of the project will concentrate on developing new areas in the agriculture industry. Some efforts have already been made to increase grain production in Uzbekistan.