BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Azerpambiq ASK LLC, a subsidiary enterprise of Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation, has produced 80,542 tons of cotton in 2019, Director of the Agrarian Production and Trade Department of the corporation Ilham Bayramov told Trend.
According to him, the volume of cotton produced in 2019 was 24,000 tons or 40 percent more than in the previous year, and this year it’s planned to heighten the output.
"In 2019, there was also an improvement in the quality of cotton products. The cotton processing continues, and 26,000 tons of cotton fiber have been produced so far," Bayramov noted.
“This year, it is planned to sow cotton on an area of 29,000 hectares in 15 districts of the country,” the director said. “So far, the areas of 23,000 hectares have been sown. On 8,500 hectares, cotton has already ripened. Sowing of the seeds that began on April 10 was completed on May 10.”
The forecasted yield for this year grew to 30 centners per hectare from 28 centners per hectare in 2019.
“During the sowing season this year, Azerpambiq ASK applied several new methods, including the seeding method in double rows, which allows farmers to sow more seeds, thus ensuring high yield,” added the director.
The enterprise was established in 2018. It’s engaged in the production, supply, processing and sale of cotton products including unseeded raw cotton, technical cotton seed, cotton oil, auxiliary products, squeezed cotton and others.
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