Azerbaijan, Baku, July 2 / Trend A.Akhundov /
As of July 2, Azerbaijan harvested 1.585 million tons of autumn and spring grain crops, which exceeds the figure for the same period last year by 24.1 percent, the Agriculture ministry said on Monday.
During the reporting period, of 986,590 hectares of cultivated area (an increase over the year by 4.4 per cent), some 601,310 hectares were processed (an increase of 13.9 per cent).
The yield of grain crops as a whole has grown over the year from 24.2 to 26.4 quintals per hectare (an increase of 9.1 per cent).
As of July 2, the country harvested 940,750 tons of wheat, which exceeds the figure for the same period of 2011 by 25.3 percent. Yields of this crop for the year rose from 24.7 to 27.1 quintals per hectare.