Current state of agriculture in the republic of Uzbekistan and the need for improving the efficiency of agro-clusters in the fruit and vegetable industry

The article provides a basis for the need to reform the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan in general, and its fruit and vegetable industry in particular. The main problems faced by the agricultural sector of Uzbekistan were the high costs of collection, transportation, storage, processing, packaging and certification when delivering products from the field to end-users. Limited processing and packaging capacity of farms, which produce the bulk of fruit and vegetable exports in Uzbekistan, leads to significant losses. It should be noted that the share of agro-clusters in the markets of developed countries (European Union, USA and Canada) exceeds 40%, and in Uzbekistan this direction is only developing. In this regard, the article used the following tasks: to study the theoretical basis for the creation of agro-clusters to analyze the current economic situation in the country, to make recommendations for the creation of agro-clusters in fruit and vegetable products. Industry of Uzbekistan.