How to store food for two years? Authorities will explain

Authorities have announced the creation of working groups for conducting explanatory work with the population.

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Working groups consisting of representatives from youth and clergy will be established in the Khatlon region to explain to residents how to store food for two years and avoid wastefulness.

As reported by state media, this decision was made yesterday at a regional working meeting attended by the chairman of the Khatlon region, Kurbon Hakimzod.

It is reported that the working groups have been tasked with going door-to-door to explain to residents and farmers “the methods of effective land use, increasing the preservation and drying of fruits and vegetables, making food reserves for the next two years, avoiding unnecessary expenses and wastefulness, as well as increasing the replanting of leguminous crops and controlling seed reserves in households.”

At the same time, residents and civil activists believe that the authorities should first explain to the population how to stockpile food for two years. According to them, it is practically impossible to store agricultural products for two years.

“To store potatoes, onions, or other agricultural products for two years, each family would need a large warehouse with refrigeration equipment, where at least some products could be stored for up to two years. But no one, except for officials, can afford this. And if residents could afford it, they wouldn’t need to go to Russia for work and labor abroad,” said one farmer to Azda TV.

Activists believe that instead of urging people to stockpile food for two years, the government should develop practical projects to improve conditions for residents, particularly for farmers, provide the population with jobs, and eradicate corruption and nepotism in government bodies and ministries, so that residents do not have to migrate for work but can live and work in their homeland, close to their families and children.