BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 30. Uzbekistan has
received 40 South Korean-made compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered
tractors under a grant project implemented in cooperation with
South Korea’s TYM Corporation.
According to Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, the tractors
were handed over during the InnoWeek.Uz–2026 International
Innovation Week, held in Tashkent on Friday.
Of the 40 tractors, 37 CNG-T6092 units were transferred to the
Republican Agroservices Center. Certificates were also presented
for the allocation of three additional tractors to Uzbekistan’s
Vegetable, Melon and Potato Research Institute, the M. Mirzayev
Research Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Winemaking, and
the Research Institute of Agricultural Mechanization.
The grant project is titled “Development of an Environmentally
Friendly CNG-Based Agricultural Machinery Platform for Uzbekistan”
and aims to introduce alternative-fuel agricultural machinery and
promote modern technologies in the country’s farming sector.
Separately, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Agriculture signed a
memorandum of cooperation with South Korea’s Jeonbuk Technopark
during InnoWeek.Uz–2026.
The agreement provides for cooperation in introducing innovative
agricultural technologies, adapting modern machinery to local
conditions, exchanging South Korea’s scientific and technical
expertise, and implementing joint research and development
projects.
The initiatives are aimed at strengthening Uzbekistan-South
Korea cooperation in agricultural mechanization, technology
transfer and the development of more environmentally friendly
farming practices.
