BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 22
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
New cold storage warehouses for agricultural products will be built in Turkmenistan’s Baherden district of the Akhal region, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenistan’s State News Agency.
The new warehouses will have a capacity of 2,000 tons each.
In addition, it is planned to reconstruct existing warehouses in the same region with a capacity of storing 4,450 tons of products.
Earlier, it was reported that the country plans to build refrigerators for the storage and processing of agricultural products.
The agricultural sector of Turkmenistan saw a 13.2-percent increase in production from January through July 2020, compared to the same period last year.
Reportedly, agriculture in Turkmenistan is developing rapidly. It is one of the most important sectors of the country's economy. The main types of agricultural crops grown on the territory of Turkmenistan are wheat, cotton, rice, sugar beet, fodder, vegetable and fruits.
The development of agriculture is carried out on a scientific basis. Various types of agricultural crops are grown taking into account the agroecological characteristics of the country's regions.
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