2. DEMAND FOR AGRI-LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE AND
SERVICES IN UZBEKISTAN
One of the first observations made by the WFLO team after speaking with the Ministry of Agriculture is
the ALC project plan and rollout strategy should be driven by objective data to confirm demand and
parameters for ALC’s and the locations proposed.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the working group for the ALC project was just formed (within
hours of the WFLO team’s visit). Consequently, there is a conscious effort underway by the ministry to
obtain the relevant data required to confirm demand for the ALCs. However, this data may not be available
for additional analysis by the WFLO team for several months, and there are already questions as to the
validity of the data promised. Therefore, for the purposes of this report, the WFLO has obtained and
used qualitative data from the field visits and conversations therein to assess the demand for the ALCs
and to better understand what exactly the ALC’s are supposed to be, and finally, to get a better sense of
the situation on the ground at the proposed locations.
Once data is provided by the ALC working group (within the Ministry of Agriculture), the WFLO team
recommends that a follow-on data assessment be scheduled with a scope to:
• Provide a complete report including a quantitative evaluation of the data;
• Conduct sight visits to Kazakhstan (Shymkent), and another location (possibly France, Spain, or Turkey)
to better understand the genesis of the project, as well as to provide a comparison analysis between
those ALC’s and the proposed ALC’s in Uzbekistan;
• Draft approximately 3 specific ALC, as well as ICC cluster design concepts; and
• Make specific suggested locations for the ALCs or confirm those already selected.
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