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HIGH COTTON HARVEST EXPECTED THIS YEAR

Business Materials 15 July 2005 17:01 (UTC +04:00)

A high harvest of cotton as compared to previous years is expected in Azerbaijan this year. The third and the fourth complexes of cotton growing, the first vegetative areas watering is currently underway, the Ministry of Agriculture told Trend.

The ministry underlined, sowing of cotton has been made on 112. 9 thousand hectares and in some regions the repeated sowing of areas took place.

Moreover, measures against the quarantine pests, particularly, in Karabakh and Aran zone are being taken in the regions, due to hot weather conditions emergence of pests is observed.

В"All chemical preparations are ready, the same about the equipment for preventing the pests appearing”, the Ministry stressed.

The cotton is grown in 20 regions of the country, in such as, Salyan-Mugan, Karabakh, Shirvan.

Touching upon the issue of forecasting for the current year, the Ministry considers, it is impossible for the moment to define the exact volume, it will be possible only by late August.

The Ministry also stressed, that last year the cotton sowing has been made on the area of 77,7 thousand hectares, and the harvest was 135,7 thousand hectares.

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