Baku, Azerbaijan, March 24
By Ilkin Shafiyev - Trend:
In January-February 2018, the volume of agricultural production in Azerbaijan in actual prices was 558.1 million manats, which is 3.4 percent more than in the same period last year, according to a report of the State Statistics committee.
According to the report, the production of livestock products increased by 2.6 percent (542.5 million manats), and crop production - by 43.8 percent (15.6 million manats) during the reporting period.
During the reporting period, 78,200 tons of meat, 299,800 tons of milk, 281.9 million eggs were produced. Compared to January-February 2017, meat production grew by 3.4 percent and production of milk and eggs by 1.1 percent.
In January-February, planting of spring crops began in most regions of Azerbaijan. As of March 1, 2018, 47,500 hectares of land were sowed. In particular, 4,100 hectares of land allocated for legumes, 10,100 hectares for potatoes, 9,600 hectares for vegetables, 23,600 hectares for perennial grass and 100,000 hectares for other crops.
(1.7 AZN = 1 USD on March 24)