BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr. 6
By Ilkin Seyfaddini – Trend:
Uzbekistan's vegetable and melon crops reserves remain stable during the quarantine period, Trend reports citing Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture.
In particular, in order to increase food production based on the different soil and climatic conditions of the country, organizational work with local authorities to specialize 66 districts for growing vegetables, 35 districts for growing melon crops, and 36 districts for growing potatoes has been initiated.
About 2.8 million tons of potatoes will be grown on 130,000 hectares of the country in 2020. Large quantities of potatoes will enter Uzbekistan's domestic markets from 15 April, including about 70,000 tons in April and 85,000 tons in May.
A total of 11.9 million tons of vegetables and 2.5 million tons of melon crops are forecast to be produced.
For the 2020 harvest, onions and garlic were planted from August through September 2019 using the “tuksonbosti” method. From November through December last year, 206,700 hectares (including 81,400 hectares on farms) of vegetables were planted, of which a total of 3.4 million tons (of which 1.5 million tons are on farms) are expected to be grown early.
From January through February 2020, 10,000 hectares of vegetables, 1,700 hectares of potatoes and 46,000 hectares of melon crops were planted.
Vegetables, melon crops and potatoes have been planned for planting in spring on 89,400 hectares of farmland, and the sowing is in full swing.
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