The President, with a view of creating favorable environment for the further development of the cultivation and processing of medicinal plants, increase the export potential of the sector, as well as the integration of education, science and production processes, decrees to set up, beginning from 1 May 2020, clusters for cultivation of medicinal plants, storage, primary and advanced processing of medicinal plants, as well as specialization of the regions in the cultivation of medicinal plants in accordance with the Annex. Presidential Decree establishes that: (a) land areas for clusters of medicinal plants shall be allocated on the basis of an agreement concluded between the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional government and initiators; (b) land areas for clusters of medicinal plants created with the participation of foreign investors shall be allocated by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan after the signing of an investment agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture, on the land of the forest fund - with the State Committee for Forestry. At the same time, clusters of medicinal plants shall be allocated land plots from agricultural land suitable for growing medicinal plants, not allocated to natural persons and legal entities, reserve lands, rainfed lands and forest land. The main tasks of the clusters of medicinal plants shall be set forth as follows: (a) conclusion of contracts with producers of medicinal plants on the purchase of grown products, providing them with seeds, mineral fertilizers, equipment, fuel and other means; (b) cultivation of medicinal plants, procurement of seeds and seedlings, stage-by-stage construction of modern plantations of medicinal plants in specialized regions; (c) application of advanced scientific achievements in the process of cultivation and organizing seed production of medicinal plants; (d) attraction of investments and advanced technologies of foreign companies in the cultivation and processing of medicinal plants; and (e) meeting the demand of the domestic market for medicinal plants and products from them, as well as their export.