BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 25
By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:
Agricultural products worth $431.4 million were produced in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from January through October 2020, Trend reports with reference to the report of the State Statistics Committee of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
In accordance with the data, the production of agricultural products in Nakhchivan from January through October increased by 4.2 percent.
A pumping station at the Araz reservoir, a line of pressure pipes, a pumping station in Kulus village of Shahbuz district, closed irrigation networks in Turkesh, Salasuz, Maralik, and Boyukduz villages are being constructed.
The funds in the amount of one million manat ($588,235) were allocated to the Cabinet of Ministers of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic upon the Azerbaijani president’s order dated April 23, 2020 "On additional measures to improve the irrigation of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and meet the needs of the population in drinking water".
The measures were taken to protect, create new green spaces of the forest fund, reforestation work was carried out on a 282 hectare-area and about 206,000 trees were planted from January through June 2020.
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