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Turkmenistan building rice processing plant

Business Materials 23 January 2019 16:01 (UTC +04:00)

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Jan. 23

By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:

An enterprise with a production capacity of 10,000 tons of rice per year is under construction in the city of Kerki (Lebap Region, Turkmenistan), Trend reports referring to the “Neutral Turkmenistan” newspaper.

The plant will be furnished with innovative equipment. Control of all technological chains will be computerized. The project within the framework of the state program for import substitution is implemented by the local enterprise "Myradym".

Lebap Region is leading in rice production in Turkmenistan. One thousand hectares of land was allocated to the “Myradym” enterprise in Kerki District for rice cultivation.

Rice is rich in carbohydrates and is one of the main food products in Central and Southeast Asia. In 2018, about 82.5 thousand tons of rice was planned for production in Turkmenistan.

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