Uzbek farmer hopes the sweetest melon will bring good profit amid pandemic

Uzbek farmer hopes the sweetest melon will bring good profit amid pandemic

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"When the days are frosty, we insulate the room. Plus, this method requires no electricity. It is very economical."

These thick-skinned varieties of Uzbekistan's favourite fruit “” some shaped like torpedoes, others more spherical “” are planted in May, two months after the melons that ripen in summer.

 A woman prepares melons to be hanged for storage in the northwest of Uzbekistan. AFP

They are then stored and sold during the winter, when their value can grow 15-fold on the domestic market and even more abroad.

This year, the melon growing season has been especially good, and it is just as well.

The coronavirus pandemic hit Uzbekistan hard, just when it was on an economic upswing.

Remittances sent by migrants working abroad fell by half, according