Turkmenistan , Ashgabat, Sept. 27 / Trend H. Hasanov /
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a working meeting with some members of the Cabinet of Ministers and heads of regional and city administrations, t he national TV channel "Altyn Asir" reported on Tuesday.
Issues concerning the progress of current agricultural operations, in particular the cotton picking process, were considered at the meeting.
According to information, the Turkmen President stressed the low rate of the cotton picking process. While speaking with representatives of the Akhal administration and the central region of the country, he called for taking all necessary measures to fulfill the tasks.
S imilar observations were made to the leadership of the other four areas.
The Turkmen President stressed that cotton is a national wealth. He instructed for necessary measures to be taken in order to ensure coordinated work of relevant bodies.
About 1 million 50,000 tons of cotton are planned to be collected from 550,000 hectares of land this year. The soil and climatic characteristics of each region received special attention. The agricultural machinery from the U.S. and Belarus were used in the sowing campaign.
About 1 million 300,000 tons of cotton were picked, instead of the planned 1 million 50,000 tons in 2010.